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No. 14 Indiana frustrates Caitlin Clark en route to 86-69 win over No. 4 Iowa

No. 14 Indiana frustrates Caitlin Clark en route to 86-69 win over No. 4 Iowa
((Only if needed for <RECORD BREAKING HIGHLIGHT.> RECORD BREAKING NIGHTS IN IOWA CITY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WATCH ON TV. BUT SHANNON EHRHARDT HAS BEEN THERE WITH THE IOWANS WHO WANT TO BE IN THE ROOM STAND UP The silence is deafening right now inside Carver Hawkeye arena... but just outside fans are buzzing ... to see one of the greatest college basketball players of all time. ((TAKE PKG)) NATS 0008: Footsteps WHETHER IT'S A MILE. 9995: crossing guard and old dude 54:54 what one week 2 weeks ago you wouldn't of wanted to do this in the snow! 0007: Cars low angle OR HUNDREDS. 59:50 Michigan, so like 7 hours 0010: Laughter in packed line PEOPLE WILL LEAVE BEHIND THEIR BELONGINGS. 0009: Usher Outside 11:54 "REMEMBER bags are 4.5 by 6 or 12x12 clear bag at all times. So the bag that the young lady has over there is too big (shaky video toward the end) PRAY THEIR TICKET SCANS. nats of tickets scanning SO THAT THEY CAN JOIN AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB... nats OF EYE- WITNESSING CAITLIN CLARK. 0054 (NAT) Little girls screaming into camera Let's go CC 2 HOURS BEFORE TIP-OFF ... THE ARENA SWELLS WITH FANS. BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THIS WAY. 0044 Judy Schwartz 45:00 No we used to have the curtains down many years ago NOW? 0064 Seth right next to her, she's right there WHEN SHE DROPS THREE... 0046 Teenage girls 50:49 "Caitlin!" (waving) AFTER THREE... 0046 teenage girls 50:52 yes caitlin! From the logo, from the logo AFTER... 0048 teenage girls 51:47 "threeee" (through the iphone) AND THERE'S NO NEED TO ZOOM IN. 0064 Seth Bailey 13:52 we got here early enough to watch her shoot and of course she's the only one out there. 0065 Savannah Bailey (little girl) 16:20 she was taller than in the video ANOTHER LINE? 0044: JUDY SCHWARTZ 46:10 I just wanna go out and play basketball the rest of my life, you feel like your invincible and the thing every basket she makes you feel it with pride and excitement SO MUCH SO... FANS FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW HER 0048 52:04 nooo caitlin come back (going into locker room) WHEN SHE DOES.... Might take out? 0044: Judy 46:10 Very proud to be from iowa, that's it (emotion?) JAWS DROP... 0086 woman in yellow looking amazed 02:30 PAáá caitlin clark became the Big 10 all timeááá WOMAN: Wooooo! AND EYES WIDEN. 0113 34:06 little girl with sign sitting with eyes wide. BECAUSE IT'S SHOW TIME. Show pregame hype video ((Kind of want it to be like highlight-ish)) I'm keeping the bites longer if we want that, but feel like we should probably shorten them. I also want to sprinkle in other cutaways in between all of this dialogue. <<<<< 0124 STUDENT 50:15 COME ON, COME ON, (GO CAITLIN) YEAHHHH!! AND ONE! LGGG 0097 OLD HANNAH FAN 14:20 WATCHING CC GET THE INBOUND 0113 SIGN GIRLS 34:28 GO CAITLIN... GO CAITLIN...ANTICIPATES... SHE MAKES IT.... YEAHHHH!!! 0142 ROBERT PRITCHARD 20:17 COME ON CAITLIN LETS GO! YES WOOO!! CLOSE UP 0102 BLACK HAIR 23:50 SHE'S NOT HAPPY, SHE'S GOING TO SCORE! 0098 OLD HANNAH FAN 15:42 WOOOO STAND UP CHEERING 0116 SIGN GIRLS 37:06 GO CAITLIN, GO ALL THE WAY, OH! 0174 CC IN HUDDLE COOL BETWEEN PEOPLE SHOT 0104 BLACK HAIR 26:11 CC 0217 nats Hawkeye flag waving at end of game, fight song THEN FANS WAIT... 0220 Team coming off court, high fiving fans?? VERY... 0227 29:55-30:08 Smushed kids screaming Caitlin 0210: police 22:17 don't push on the gate okay? Just be careful VERY... 0227 30:22-30:30 Smushed kids upwards angle PATIENTLY. 0227 30:37 CC saying there ya go 30:40...down Smushed kids upwards angle PATIENTLY. 0227 30:37 CC saying there ya go 30:40...down the line signing, up close "can I get your shoes" "oh my God oh my God" THE CAITLIN CLARK EFFECT
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No. 14 Indiana frustrates Caitlin Clark en route to 86-69 win over No. 4 Iowa
Indiana made Caitlin Clark fight for every point.The 14th-ranked Hoosiers' relentlessly physical defense finally derailed the top women's basketball scorer in NCAA Division I history.A frustrated Clark endured a rare off-night while Sara Scalia scored 25 points and All-American center Mackenzie Holmes added 24 points and nine rebounds to lead Indiana past No. 4 Iowa 86-69 on Thursday night."I thought defensively, we were just terrific," Indiana coach Teri Moren said. "I think we made everything very difficult for Caitlin Clark tonight and that's hard to do. She's a phenomenal player."Playing for the first time since she broke the NCAA women's career scoring record, Clark finished with 24 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds but struggled from the field. She was 8-of-26 overall and 3-of-16 on 3-pointers while scoring just four points in the second half.Clark has 3,593 points and is 57 away from her next milestone, Lynette Woodard's major women's college scoring record, with three games left in the regular season.Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder detected frustration from her star, who at one point was talking to the Indiana bench. Clark acknowledged how difficult it was to contend with the Hoosiers and their rotating defenders."I think being physical, face-guarding me, throwing a lot of different people at me, yeah, just very physical," Clark said. "They kind of pushed me off my spots, got me out a little deeper than I wanted to be."Indiana, the defending regular-season Big Ten champion, had something to prove after Monday night's inexplicable 20-point loss at Illinois, and the Hoosiers (22-4, 13-3) didn't disappoint. Yarden Garzon made three 3s and finished with 15 points.And the Hoosiers were more than ready for Clark, just like last year.Video: Watch the moment Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA women's scoring recordThree hours before tip-off, long lines were snaking around Assembly Hall for what had already been announced as a sellout of 17,222. Inside the arena, white Indiana T-shirts were the dominant fashion choice with a few black-and-gold No. 22 jerseys sprinkled around. And after Clark put up a rare shot that missed everything in the first half, the crowd responded with chants of "Airball!"Clark's three 3s gave her 143, breaking the single-season Big Ten record she set last season (140), but she couldn't outduel the nation's best-shooting team.Credit for that goes to Indiana's defense."We knew she was going to get her 25, 30, 40 points, whatever," Holmes said. "But we had a goal in mind to, you know, make it an inefficient 30, 40 points and to keep the others out of it. To be able to do that, and just be locked into the game that we had in store, that was the biggest thing."Indiana closed the first half on a 12-6 run for a 44-33 halftime lead, then shut out Iowa for nearly the first four minutes of the second half as it extended the margin to 51-33. Iowa finally responded with a 9-2 spurt and cut the deficit to 62-54 after three.But Garzon opened the fourth quarter with two baskets and an assist to give the Hoosiers a 69-56 lead, and the Hawkeyes never recovered.Kate Martin had 19 points for Iowa.BIG PICTUREIowa: The Hawkeyes (23-4, 12-3) have lost three league games this season — all on the road — at Ohio State, Nebraska and Indiana. And it could cost them a shot at the Big Ten regular-season crown. No. 2 Ohio State has a two-game game lead over both Iowa and Indiana.Indiana: Moren's squad, which lost 84-57 at Iowa on Jan. 13, wasn't about to let go of last season's title without a fight. But the Hoosiers have only two games remaining and will need help to finish first again.POLL IMPLICATIONSIowa's 17-week streak of being ranked in the top five could be in jeopardy. Indiana could move up, and this win keeps the Hoosiers in the mix to host NCAA Tournament games.UP NEXTIowa: Hosts Illinois on Sunday.Indiana: Visits Northwestern on Monday.

Indiana made Caitlin Clark fight for every point.

The 14th-ranked Hoosiers' relentlessly physical defense finally derailed the top women's basketball scorer in NCAA Division I history.

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A frustrated Clark endured a rare off-night while Sara Scalia scored 25 points and All-American center Mackenzie Holmes added 24 points and nine rebounds to lead Indiana past No. 4 Iowa 86-69 on Thursday night.

"I thought defensively, we were just terrific," Indiana coach Teri Moren said. "I think we made everything very difficult for Caitlin Clark tonight and that's hard to do. She's a phenomenal player."

Playing for the first time since she broke the NCAA women's career scoring record, Clark finished with 24 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds but struggled from the field. She was 8-of-26 overall and 3-of-16 on 3-pointers while scoring just four points in the second half.

Clark has 3,593 points and is 57 away from her next milestone, Lynette Woodard's major women's college scoring record, with three games left in the regular season.

Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder detected frustration from her star, who at one point was talking to the Indiana bench. Clark acknowledged how difficult it was to contend with the Hoosiers and their rotating defenders.

"I think being physical, face-guarding me, throwing a lot of different people at me, yeah, just very physical," Clark said. "They kind of pushed me off my spots, got me out a little deeper than I wanted to be."

Indiana, the defending regular-season Big Ten champion, had something to prove after Monday night's inexplicable 20-point loss at Illinois, and the Hoosiers (22-4, 13-3) didn't disappoint. Yarden Garzon made three 3s and finished with 15 points.

And the Hoosiers were more than ready for Clark, just like last year.

Video: Watch the moment Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA women's scoring record

Three hours before tip-off, long lines were snaking around Assembly Hall for what had already been announced as a sellout of 17,222. Inside the arena, white Indiana T-shirts were the dominant fashion choice with a few black-and-gold No. 22 jerseys sprinkled around. And after Clark put up a rare shot that missed everything in the first half, the crowd responded with chants of "Airball!"

Clark's three 3s gave her 143, breaking the single-season Big Ten record she set last season (140), but she couldn't outduel the nation's best-shooting team.

Credit for that goes to Indiana's defense.

"We knew she was going to get her 25, 30, 40 points, whatever," Holmes said. "But we had a goal in mind to, you know, make it an inefficient 30, 40 points and to keep the others out of it. To be able to do that, and just be locked into the game that we had in store, that was the biggest thing."

Indiana closed the first half on a 12-6 run for a 44-33 halftime lead, then shut out Iowa for nearly the first four minutes of the second half as it extended the margin to 51-33. Iowa finally responded with a 9-2 spurt and cut the deficit to 62-54 after three.

But Garzon opened the fourth quarter with two baskets and an assist to give the Hoosiers a 69-56 lead, and the Hawkeyes never recovered.

Kate Martin had 19 points for Iowa.

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Caitlin Clark #22 stands in front of the sold-out crowd for the Iowa Hawkeyes game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on February 22, 2024 in Bloomington, Indiana. 

BIG PICTURE

Iowa: The Hawkeyes (23-4, 12-3) have lost three league games this season — all on the road — at Ohio State, Nebraska and Indiana. And it could cost them a shot at the Big Ten regular-season crown. No. 2 Ohio State has a two-game game lead over both Iowa and Indiana.

Indiana: Moren's squad, which lost 84-57 at Iowa on Jan. 13, wasn't about to let go of last season's title without a fight. But the Hoosiers have only two games remaining and will need help to finish first again.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Iowa's 17-week streak of being ranked in the top five could be in jeopardy. Indiana could move up, and this win keeps the Hoosiers in the mix to host NCAA Tournament games.

UP NEXT

Iowa: Hosts Illinois on Sunday.

Indiana: Visits Northwestern on Monday.