IOWA CITY – Caitlin Clark's buzzer-beating three-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 while coming off a screen from Monika Czinano. Her off-balance shot from the right side that rolled in as the horn sounded.
"Caitlin, we knew she had it the whole time," Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said of the shot.
"Monika set a really good screen," Clark said. "I came off it, and I was probably more open than I should have been. There was not much time to find the room and try to get it off at the same time, but I hoped for the best. It kind of spun around for a second."
Indiana coach Teri Moren said Chloe Moore-McNeil was assigned to guard Clark, but she slipped coming around the Czinano screen.
"I don't know if she got her foot tangled or if she fell on her own," Moren said. "I think would have been different if she would have been able to stay on her feet."
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. Bluder called a timeout and advanced the ball to midcourt to set up the game-winning shot.
The clock originally had just eight-tenths of a second on it when Holmes was going to go to the line, but after a replay review seven-tenths of a second were added.