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Maggie johnson 4/19/24
The 2024 women's march madness tournament was very entertaining. These 5 games are some of the best.
South Carolina (1) Vs. Indiana University (4)
On march 29 Indiana took on the undefeated South Carolina They knew it would be a very hard game. They fought hard but fell short 75 - 79 this was a hard loss for indiana, especially Mackenzie Holmes, Sara Scalia, and Ariel Wisney because it was there last game in college. Many people thought that the hoosiers would loose very bad because the gamecocks were undefeated and averaging wins by around 30 points. Lets look at the stats from the game. Indiana was 45.9 for field goal percentage, 39.4 for three point, and 66.7% for free throws. South carolina was a whopping 50% for field goals and three pointers and 68.8% for free throws. The gamecocks leading scorer was Kamila Cardoso with 22 points and for the hoosiers our leading scorer was Sydney parish with 21 points. Here is what Katelyn Ripley has to say about indianas loss, “I think it was a really good game. They were so close and came back from a 20 point difference.”
Iowa Vs. LSU
On monday april 1st the Iowa hawkeyes were seeking revenge on the LSU tigers. This game was very entertaining to watch for many reasons. One was that this game was revenge for iowa because last year in the championship game they lost 102 - 85 but this year they won 94 - 87. Most of this game was very close until the end on the 3rd quarter where iowa had an 11 point lead going into the 4th quarter. With 5 minutes to go it was 69 - 80 with iowa still winning. LSU knew that they would have to give it their all in this last few minutes in the elite 8. With a minute 45 to go Angel Reese ,who got an ankle injury defending Caitlin Clark, fouled out with iowa winning by 10. Finally the game came to a close. This was a very good game and both teams and players fought hard.
Duke Vs. Ohio State
On march 24 Ohio State took a tough loss to duke. Duke was the team that was not expected to win out of the two. During the 1st quarter ohio state had a lead by about ten points the whole time. Duke was not letting down though. At the end of the 2nd quarter duke made an awesome comeback but they were still loosing by a few points. Duke went from 2 out of 11 in the first quarter to 7 out of 11 in the 2nd. During the 3rd ohio state was just barely starting to fall back. At the end of the 3rd the score was 51 - 50 with duke in the lead. Duke kept a lead all throughout the last quarter and took home the big win.
South Carolina Vs. Iowa
This game was a game to remember because of so many reasons, It was probably the two most know teams, Both the teams are really really good, It was the one and only Caitlin Clark's last game in college, it was the championship game, etc. In this game both teams fought the hardest they could possibly fight. This game was a thriller and was going back and forth the whole time. But with about 3 minutes left South Carolina was taking the lead and iowa knew it was over. It was multiple players last college games but they all played awesome throughout the season and this game. Here are the players that had their last college game on april 7th 2024 Caitlin Clark from iowa had 30 points and 8 assists, Kamila Cardoso from the gamecocks had 15 points and 17 rebounds, gabbie marshal had 30 points and 8 rebounds, and kate martin had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Here is what Ty Wadsworth has to say about the people who had there last game, “I think that all of these players had a really good season and their teams will miss them.”
Iowa Vs. UCONN
This game was very fun to watch because we all knew it would be a good game and Paige Bueckers was taking on caitlin clark. Both of those players are very good and well known. Uconn battled hard the whole game and so did iowa but they fell short only 2 POINTS. Paige had 17 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds, and played a full 40 minutes. Caitlin Clark had only 21 points with her average being around 30, 7 assists, a total of 9 rebounds, and also a full 40 minutes. Even though UCONN lost they still had a very good season and should be very very proud.
These games were just the top 5, there are many many other entertaining games in the tournament and in the 2023 - 2024 season. In my opinion this season has been awesome and I cant wait for next season. Here is what Lynlee Crouch has to say about next season, “I think a lot of teams will not be as good because they are losing a lot of players but I am exited to see some new stars.”
Bio - Maggie is a 6th grader who likes running, swimming, basketball,
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