No.4 Iowa WBB outlasts Michigan State 76-73

POSTGAME NOTES
– No. 4 Iowa (14-1, 3-0) defeated RV Michigan State (11-3, 1-2), 76-73, inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday night.
– The Hawkeyes are off to their sixth 14-1 start in program history.
– Head Coach Lisa Bluder notched her 250th career Big Ten regular season victory.
– Bluder has led Iowa to a pair of 14-1 starts.
– Iowa last started 14-1 in the 2017-18 season.
– National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, hit a buzzer beater to win the game for Iowa.
– Clark recorded 40 points, five assists, three steals, a block and a rebound.
– Clark is now the NCAA’s fifth all-time leading scorer.
– Iowa is now 7-3 when Clark scores 40+ points.
– Molly Davis nearly registered a double-double with seven points and eight rebounds.
– Clark has scored 20+ points in 100-of-115 career games which is the most in program history.
– Kate Martin tied her career-high in rebounds. (11)
– Hannah Stuelke netted 15 points and eight rebounds.
– In four consecutive games, Stuelke has netted 15+ points and shot 60%+ from the floor.
– The Hawkeyes have won eight out of the last 10 meetings against the Spartans.
– Iowa is currently riding a Big Ten-best 11-game winning streak.
– The game featured six ties and five lead changes.
– Clark kept her alive streak of 73 consecutive games making a 3-point basket. (NCAA best)
– Clark is the first Division-I player to record 3,000+ points, 900+ assists, and 800+ rebounds in a career.
– Iowa has won five straight against MSU in CHA.
– UI snapped Michigan State’s four-game win streak.
– Iowa owns the longest active streak in the AP Top 5 at 10 consecutive weeks.
– 14 of Iowa women’s basketball’s 16 all-time sellout crowds inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena have happened in the last three seasons, with the other two coming in 1985 and 1988.