Iowa's Caitlin Clark sinks buzzer-beater from half-court logo to push Hawkeyes past Michigan State

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Iowa star Caitlin Clark once again showed why she is one of the best basketball players in the nation. Clark nailed a shot from the edge of the half-court logo at the buzzer on Tuesday night to help the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes survive an upset scare against Michigan State. 

Clark's game-winning three-pointer capped her impressive 40-point performance. The win improved Iowa's record to 14-1. Moments after she drained the shot, Clark sprinted to the front row to celebrate with the raucous crowd inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

If Clark had missed the shot from well beyond the three-point arc, the game likely would have gone into overtime.

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Iowa's Caitlin Clark celebrates after scoring the game-winning shot in the closing seconds against Michigan State on Jan. 2, 2024, in Iowa City. (Matthew Holst/Getty Images)

"We practice those plays every single day in practice," Clark said in a postgame interview. "That's what we run every single time: Get Hannah the ball, let me create with some space. They contested it pretty well, honestly, so lucky it went down."

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The reigning national player of the year has now scored 40 points 10 times in her standout college basketball career. Clark surpassed former Missouri State basketball player Jackie Stiles for the most 40-point games by any Division I player over the past 25 seasons.

Iowa suffered a 102-85 loss to the LSU Tigers in last year's NCAA Division I women's basketball title game, but the Hawkeyes look poised to make another run at the championship this season.

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