Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has taken the sports world by storm over the last four years as an Iowa Hawkeye and is averaging 32.4 points, 7.9 assists, and seven rebounds per game this season. However, it’s time for Penn State women’s basketball to try to stop her.
The Lady Lions will make their way to Carver-Hawkeye Arena for a matchup with Clark and the No. 2 Hawkeyes at 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, and head coach Carolyn Kieger knows the tough test this game will bring.
“They just really play well off each other,” Kieger said. “I think Iowa’s done a really good job buying into their identity. They don’t try to do what they’re not good at. I obviously have a lot of respect for Lisa [Bluder] and how she’s built Iowa up.”
There’s no denying that much of the program Bluder created at Iowa stems from the success Clark has brought to Iowa City.
She is only 66 points away from becoming the NCAA’s all-time female leading scorer, but there is more to Clark’s game than just scoring.
“Caitlin is ahead of her time. She is a once-in-a-generation player, and she’s just a winner,” Kieger said. “She sees the game two steps ahead of everybody else. It’s rare that you have an elite scorer with the vision that she has, and the ability to make others around her better, so she’s electric.”