Ayoka Lee scored 10 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter and Kansas State scored the final 12 points to post a 65-58 upset of No. 2 Iowa on Thursday night at Iowa City.
Zyanna Walker added 12 points and Lee collected 12 rebounds for her 51st career double-double as the Wildcats (3-0) stunned the Hawkeyes for the second straight season. Kansas State notched an 84-83 home win over then-No. 4 Iowa last November.
Iowa star Caitlin Clark scored 24 points but shot just 9-for-32 from the field, including 2-for-16 from 3-point range. With the Hawkeyes (3-1) trailing 61-58, Clark airballed a 3-point attempt from the left corner with 11 seconds left before Kansas State closed it out.
Lee’s two free throws with 1:12 remaining put the Wildcats ahead for good. Gabby Gregory drained a free-throw-line jumper with 29.6 seconds left to make it 61-58. Taryn Sides added two free throws with 9.3 seconds to go, and Walker scored on a fastbreak layup just before the buzzer sounded.
Molly Davis added 10 points for Iowa, which was 2 of 21 from 3-point range (9.5 percent) while shooting 36.1 percent overall. Clark’s jumper with 4:27 left was the Hawkeyes’ final field goal. Iowa missed its last seven attempts, six of them by Clark.
No. 1 South Carolina 109, Clemson 40
Raven Johnson recorded career highs of 17 assists and five steals as the Gamecocks scored at least 100 points for the third straight game while routing the visiting Tigers at Columbia, S.C.
MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 18 points and Kamilla Cardoso had 15 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots for South Carolina (3-0). Ashlyn Watkins also had a double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots while Johnson fell one assist shy of matching the school record.
Maddi Cluse scored 11 points for Clemson (3-1), which shot just 22.2 percent from the field and was 3 of 28 (10.7…
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