Painful Departure: Caitlin Clark key player is gone…
Throughout Iowa women’s basketball history, Caitlin Clark and Kate Martin have created some of the most memorable moments as a tag team.
Clark and Martin have started 128 games together at Iowa over the previous four seasons going into Wednesday’s game at Minnesota. Together, they have amassed 99 victories, several Big Ten titles, and a trip to the national championship game and Final Four the previous season.
Generations of Hawkeye supporters have fond memories they have made along the road.
Anticipatedly, the team has performed admirably once again in the 2023–24 women’s college basketball campaign. Thus, Clark and Martin have been added to the watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale USBWA National Player of the Year. Last season, Clark took home the prize.
Clark has remarkably increased her average points per game from 27.8 points per game to 32.1 points per game this season. She is making 38.8% of her 3-point attempts and 46.5% of her shots from the field.
In addition, the West Des Moines sensation averages 1.7 steals, 7.3 rebounds, and 8.5 assists per game. Following her performance against Illinois, Clark has recorded 16 triple-doubles in her career, including five this year. Throughout all 28 of Iowa’s games this season, she has scored 20 points or more.
Martin is also having a great career year. The Illinois product from Edwardsville increased her statistics for points and rebounds per game from 7.7 and 4.2 to 13.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Martin’s field goal percentage of 52.7% is a career high. This season, her 3-point percentage is 38.5%, and she is dishing out 2.5 assists per contest on average.
