MINNEAPOLIS — Gabbie Marshall?
How about Gabbie MARCH-all?
Marshall — and fellow perimeter-mate Taylor McCabe — made a uncommon chilly capturing evening by Caitlin Clark a minor inconvenience, and No. 3 Iowa blistered Penn State, 95-62, in a Huge Ten ladies’s basketball event quarterfinal Friday night at Goal Middle.
“The largest factor is being assured in myself and simply taking part in free on the market,” mentioned Marshall, who hit 4 of seven long-range makes an attempt for the third straight recreation.
“I believe, while you miss some pictures and sort of get into a little bit little bit of a droop, you’ll be able to turn into tense, and I really feel like that is sort of what my drawback was.
“I instructed myself, simply play free, have enjoyable, take pleasure in each little second on the courtroom, whether or not it is selecting up my teammate or cheering for my teammate or getting an open shot for my teammate.”
Clark led the Hawkeyes (27-4) with 24 factors, and registered 10 rebounds and 7 assists. However the reigning nationwide participant of the yr was 5 of 19 from the sphere, 2 of 14 from lengthy vary.
Regardless of.
Sydney Affolter took benefit of her expanded function with a career-high 18 factors. Marshall (15 factors) and McCabe (12) drilled 4 3-pointers apiece.
Iowa superior to face Michigan (20-12) in a semifinal at 3:30 Saturday afternoon (BTN). The Wolverines upset No. 12 Indiana, 69-56, Friday evening.
Final yr, Marshall broke out of an prolonged capturing droop in time to coincide with Iowa’s run to a Huge Ten event title and the NCAA nationwide closing.
Friday, she took one other step on recreating the identical storyline.
“I believe I simply actually just like the month of March,” she mentioned. “You all the time get up eager to shoot it nicely or play good to your crew.”
McCabe was 4-of-8 from distance and scored her 12 factors in 13 minutes.
“(Clark) is aware of that she doesn’t must be good on a regular basis,” McCabe mentioned. “That’s why she has us. I believed we did an excellent job of pulling them out of the box-and-one and out of the zone and out of the press. That’s what issues.”
Bluder mentioned, “Taylor is so necessary for us. To start with, she will shoot the ball like loopy, which is nice. She has stored her head up, even when she wasn’t getting significant minutes. Then right here it’s, a very powerful time of the yr, and we’d like her, and she or he’s exhibiting up huge.”
On a day through which 8-seed Maryland rocked the bracket with an 82-61 thumping of regular-season champion Ohio State, the Hawkeyes introduced again a measure of order.
“We watch video games earlier after we’re simply hanging out,” McCabe mentioned. “As soon as it received time to load up the bus, we have been like, all proper, it’s recreation time. We’ve received to return out with that fireside and we’ve received to guarantee that we’re not going dwelling tomorrow.”
Iowa scored the primary 10 factors, led 31-13 after 1 / 4, coasted by the center two durations, then roared away once more late.
“We have been going to attempt to hold their function gamers in test, however they stepped up,” Penn State Coach Carolyn Kieger mentioned.
The Hawkeyes assembled scoring runs of 10-0, 9-0, 7-0 and 11-0 earlier than halftime.
Penn State (19-12) in all probability will probably be on the fallacious facet of the bubble when the NCAA brackets are launched Sunday.
Iowa guard Molly Davis is out for the week with an injured knee, sustained within the Hawkeyes’ regular-season finale. That thrust Affolter into the beginning lineup and elevated McCabe’s function.
Each clearly have been prepared for the brilliant lights Friday.
“I do know every time my time comes, I’m able to fill any sneakers,” Affolter mentioned.
Iowa 95, Penn State 62
Huge Ten Match Quarterfinal, at Minneapolis
PENN STATE (62): Ali Brigham 2-3 1-2 5, Ashley Owusu 8-20 1-1 18, Shay Ciezki 2-6 2-2 7, Leilani Kapinus 7-11 2-2 19, Makenna Marisa 3-9 0-0 7, Jayla Oden 1-5 1-2 4, Chanaya Pinto 0-3 0-0 0, Kylie Lavelle 0-1 0-0 0, Moriah Murray 0-3 0-0 0, Alli Campbell 0-3 0-0 0, Grace Corridor 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 24-69 7-9 62.
IOWA (95): Hannah Stuelke 1-5 6-6 8, Sydney Affolter 5-9 5-5 18, Kate Martin 5-11 0-0 11, Caitlin Clark 5-19 12-13 24, Gabbie Marshall 5-8 1-2 15, Kylie Feuerbach 2-6 0-0 5, Taylor McCabe 4-8 0-0 12, Addison O’Grady 0-0 1-2 1, A.J. Ediger 0-0 1-2 1, Jaya Gyamfi 0-1 0-0 0, Sharon Goodman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-67 26-30 95.
Penn State 13 13 22 14 — 62
Iowa 31 15 19 30 — 95
3-point targets: Penn State 7-33 (Owusu 1-6, Ciezki 1-4, Kapinus 3-6, Marisa 1-6, Oden 1-2, Pinto 0-1, Lavelle 0-1, Murray 0-3, Campbell 0-2, Corridor 0-2), Iowa 15-44 (Affolter 3-4, Martin 1-6, Clark 2-14, Marshall 4-7, Feuerbach 1-4, McCabe 4-8, Gyamfi 0-1). Workforce fouls: Penn State 23, Iowa 12. Fouled out: none. Rebounds: Penn State 37 (Owusu 6), Iowa 49 (Clark 10). Assists: Penn State 12 (Owusu 3), Iowa 21 (Clark 7). Steals: Penn State 6 (Kapinus 2), Iowa 7 (Marshall 3). Turnovers: Penn State 15, Iowa 12.
Attendance: 18,481.
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