Caitlin Clark did what Caitlin Clark does, which is score points in bunches, but it was NC State that had the better collective effort and got the victory as a result. Clark was nothing short of fantastic, particularly in carrying her team back into the game in the fourth quarter, but the Wolfpack had answers.
Diamond Johnson provided a lot of those down the stretch, as Iowa could not stay in front of her. Seemingly every time Clark made a play, Johnson did the same. It was DJ rebounding and scoring her own miss with 90 seconds left to put State up 10 that finally broke Iowa’s back.