ALBANY, N.Y. — The Colorado Buffaloes lost to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Clark, the all-time leading scorer in NCAA basketball history and reigning player of the year, led all scorers with 29 points. She also added 15 assists and had six rebounds to lead the Hawkeyes over the Buffs, 89-68.
CU's Aaronette Vonleh led the Buffs in scoring with 13 points. Frida Formann added 12 points for the Buffs.
The Buffaloes shot 37% from the field, and were 8-29 from behind the arc.
Iowa scored the first six points of the third quarter and Colorado (24-10) could not get within single digits the rest of the way.
The Buffaloes made their first back-to-back trips to the Sweet 16 since the 2002-03. They also were knocked out last year by Iowa, falling 87-77 in the same round.
Iowa moves on to take on the defending champion LSU Tigers in a rematch of last season's national title game.
The Tigers topped UCLA in Saturday's earlier semifinal in the Albany 2 Region. The teams will play Monday night.
Clark got the Hawkeyes (32-4) going early, driving to the basket for easy layups or throwing fantastic passes. About the only thing missing from Clark's day was one of her signature midcourt logo shots. She took a couple, but missed.
>>Video below: Arielle Orsuto reports live from Albany, New York, at the site of the women's Sweet Sixteen
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