Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes, right, shoots over Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, left, during their game on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer lifted No. 6 Iowa to an 86-85 win over No. 2 Indiana on Sunday.
Clark, who scored 34 points and added nine rebounds and nine assists, took the inbound pass from Kate Martin with 1.5 seconds left, dribbled once, and took an off-balance shot from the right side that rolled in as the horn sounded. Clark immediately ran off the court into the crowd before returning to the court to celebrate with her teammates.
Indiana had held the Hawkeyes without a field goal in the final 1:30, taking an 85-83 lead on Mackenzie Holmes’ two free throws. Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder called a timeout and advanced the ball to midcourt to set up the game-winning shot.
Martin had 19 points for the Hawkeyes. Monika Czinano had 13.
The Hawkeyes (23-6, 15-3 Big Ten), denied a chance to share the Big Ten title after Tuesday’s 96-68 loss to Maryland, snapped the 14-game winning streak of the Hoosiers (26-2, 16-2) and finished in a tie with Maryland for second place in the conference.
Clark had scored on the final plays of every quarter. She had layups at the end of the first and second quarters, and made two free throws in the final seconds of the third quarter.
Holmes, of Gorham, led Indiana with 21 points. Chloe Moore-McNeil and Sydney Parrish had 18. Grace Berger had 16.
Iowa opened the game with a 13-2 run, making its first five shots.
(1) SOUTH CAROLINA 73, GEORGIA 63: Aliyah Boston had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Zia Cooke added 12 points as the Gamecocks (29-0, 16-0 SEC) completed a perfect Southeastern Conference season with a victory over the Bulldogs (20-10, 9-7) in Columbia, South Carolina.
Boston and Cooke, part of “The Freshies” top-ranked 2019 recruiting class, celebrated their Senior Day with pre-game tears, then followed with another fabulous showing as the Gamecocks won their 35th straight and their seventh SEC title in the past 10 seasons.
(5) LSU 74, MISSISSIPPI STATE 59: Angel Reese had 23 points and 26 rebounds to tie Sylvia Fowles’ LSU record of 27 double-doubles in a season, and the fifth-ranked Tigers (27-1, 15-1 SEC) topped the Bulldogs (20-9, 9-7) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Alexis Morris also scored 23 for LSU and nearly had three more when she hit a more than half-court shot moments after the third quarter expired. LaDazhia Williams added 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting for the Tigers, whose regular-season record matched the program’s best, set in the 2004-05 season by a squad starring Seimone Augustus.
JerKaila Jordan, a New Orleans native who’s been among the SEC’s most productive players this month, scored 16 for Mississippi State, which had won five of its previous six before visiting an LSU team whose only loss this season came at unbeaten and top-ranked South Carolina.
(9) VIRGINIA TECH 65, GEORGIA TECH 52: Elizabeth Kitley scored a season-high 29 points and added 11 rebounds to lead the Hokies (24-4, 14-4 ACC) to a win over the Yellow Jackets (13-16, 4-14) in Atlanta.
Kayana Traylor added 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Georgia Amoore had eight points, seven assists and two steals for Virginia Tech. Cayla King added 10 points.
(10) NOTRE DAME 68, LOUISVILLE 65: Sonia Citron scored 27 points, including four key free throws in the final 1:20, and the Irish (24-4, 15-3 ACC) overcame the loss to star guard Olivia Miles to a knee injury to beat the Cardinals (21-10, 12-6) in Louisville, Kentucky and clinch the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title.
Miles, who leads the Irish with 14.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 2.1 steals per game, was hurt with 2:35 remaining before halftime while diving for a loose ball. The sophomore became emotional and pounded the floor while being examined by medical personnel. Miles was able to flex her knee and eventually limped off the floor without assistance to applause as she made her way to the locker room.
WISCONSIN 78, (12) MICHIGAN 70: Julie Pospisilova scored 25 points and the Badgers (11-19, 6-12) made 12 of 14 free throws in the final two minutes to upset the Wolverines (21-8, 11-7) in Madison, Wisconsin to close the Big Ten regular season.
(22) NORTH CAROLINA 45, (11) DUKE 41: Three players scored nine points and the Tar Heels (20-9, 11-7 ACC) went 9 of 9 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to deny the Blue Devils (24-5, 14-4) a share of the ACC championship with a win in Durham, North Carolina, the lowest scoring game in the 105 meetings of these bitter rivals.
CLEMSON 74, (23) FLORIDA STATE 61: Amari Robinson scored 20 points and the Tigers (16-14, 7-11 ACC) made all the clutch plays in the fourth quarter to upset the Seminoles (23-7, 12-6) in Clemson, South Carolina to close the ACC regular season.
(25) ILLINOIS 75, RUTGERS 53: Jada Peebles scored 20 points, Genesis Bryant added 15 points and the Illini (21-8, 11-7 Big Ten) defeated the Scarlet Knights (11-19, 5-13) in Piscataway, New Jersey in a Big Ten regular-season finale.
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(4) UCLA 60, COLORADO 56: Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 17 points and Tyger Campbell had 13 of his 14 points in the second half as the Bruins (25-4, 16-2 Pac-12) hung on to beat the Buffalos (15-15, 7-12) in Boulder, Colorado.
Amari Bailey added 11 points for UCLA, which won its eighth in a row to close out an undefeated February.
KJ Simpson had 14 points to lead Colorado. Tristan da Silva, who left the game with just over five minutes remaining with an apparent lower leg injury, and Luke O’Brien each scored 13 points.
(20) PROVIDENCE 99, GEORGETOWN 68: Ed Croswell scored a career-high 25 points and the Friars (21-8, 13-5 Big East) easily dispatched last-place the Hoyas (7-23, 2-17) in Washington despite leading scorer Bryce Hopkins matching his season low with six points.
MARYLAND 75, (21) NORTHWESTERN 59: Jahmir Young scored 18 points and Don Carey added 13 to help the Terrapins (20-9, 11-7 Big Ten) wrap up an undefeated home season in Big Ten play with a 75-59 victory over the Wildcats (20-9, 11-7) in College Park, Maryland.
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