#3 Iowa defeated #8 Virginia Tech in WBB, tonight, 80-76.
Caitlin Clark had 44 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists. I think on ESPN they said she drew 10 fouls.
Iowa started 4 guards, and 1 forward who arguably is a 6'2" small center.
Iowa failed to pick up a transfer portal forward or center to replace graduating seniors, but they do have two women, Sharon Goodman at 6'3" who played very little last year, and Addison O'Grady at 6'3" who also played very little last year. O'Grady is not in the box score tonight. Goodman came in off the bench.
Iowa had a young lady, Kylie Fuerbach, who had a torn ACL last year, who didn't play in 2022-23. At 6'0", she filled in from the bench and played exceptionally well. Another bench player, Sydney Althofer, a 5'11" guard, had 14 rebounds. I don't know how rebounding works; she knows.
There is hope for Iowa.
V-Tech has a 5'6" guard from Australia, Georgia Amoore, who scored 31 points. She played lights out despite being guarded by Iowa's best defensive player. Maybe Iowa's best defensive player dogged Amoore enough to prevent her from scoring five more points.
The game was played at a neutral site, Charlotte, NC, in front of 16,000 people. Clark spurs great interest in WBB. There were lots of V-Tech fans at the game, too. It was a week night.
