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What Caitlin Clark said after her last game at Iowa

What Caitlin Clark said after her last game at Iowa

Caitlin Clark’s historic career for Iowa women’s basketball ended with a crushing defeat to South Carolina in the 2024 national championship game. Here’s what Clark had to say after the game.

Caitlin Clark on post-championship game praise from South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley

Question: Caitlin, I’m sure the moment stings quite a bit, but Dawn Staley just gave you some really, really strong and sincere praise on the podium, on the TV broadcast, for all you’ve done and all that she believes you’re about to do in the years to come. I wonder what that means to hear from her.

“I think any time someone like Coach Staley is able to recognize you and what you did for the game is obviously pretty special. Obviously she’s someone I respect so much. I respect what she’s done for South Carolina. I respect what she did as a player for our game.”

“Any time you can get the praises of her is pretty special. So it means a lot.”

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Caitlin Clark reflecting on the 2023-24 season

Question: Caitlin, you said that you’ve not wanted to look beyond this game or whatever was next in front of you. Now what are the emotions, and what do you think going forward? Do you think about everything that you were able to do, especially this past season?

“Yeah, it’s certainly been a special year. To be honest, after last year I was kind of, like, how do we top doing what we did last year? Somehow, some way, every single person in our locker room believed. To be honest, this year was probably more special than last year.”

“The teams we had to go through to get to this point, we won the Big Ten tournament. We lost two players that were three-year starters for our program, and to be back in this position and come out here and battle — I mean, South Carolina is so good. There’s only so much you can do.”

“[Kamilla] Cardoso has 17 rebounds. They have 51 as a team. We have 29. Hard to win a basketball game like that. You’ve basically got to shoot perfect at that point.”

“I’m just proud of our group. We…

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