Creighton’s Lauren Jensen sinks former team Iowa in wild women’s March Madness upset

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Lauren Jensen scored 19 factors towards her former group, together with the go-ahead 3 with 12.9 seconds left that lifted No. 10 Creighton over Caitlyn Clark and second-seeded Iowa 64-62 Sunday within the second spherical of the ladies’s NCAA Match.

Iowa (24-8), which shared the Massive Ten regular-season title and received the convention event, had two possibilities to tie the sport within the closing three seconds. Monika Czinano missed a layup with three seconds left, then Kate Martin missed a putback because the buzzer sounded.

Jensen, who performed at Iowa final season as a freshman earlier than transferring, had 9 of her factors within the fourth quarter.

Creighton’s Lauren Jensen celebrates after hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer.

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“I simply wished to go in and play my recreation and didn’t know what to anticipate with a offered out crowd,” she stated. “Play my recreation and play with my teammates and hopefully come out with the win, which we did.”

She had a layup with 1:26 left to chop Iowa’s result in 62-60, then her 3-pointer gave the Bluejays a lead.

“I used to be simply looking for an open shot actually,” Jensen stated. “I used to be simply going to return off and see what occurred and we ended up getting a 3.”

After Clark missed a layup Emma Ronziek made the second of two free throws for the ultimate margin.

Creighton guard Morgan Maly (30) drives to the basket as Iowa guard McKenna Warnock (14) reaches for the ball.

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Payton Brotzki added 13 factors for the Bluejays (22-9), who advance to their first-ever Candy 16. They had been the seventh double-digit seed to win within the ladies’s NCAA Match up to now, matching the document set in 1998.

“That is for everybody who has performed at Creighton and placed on a uniform previously,” coach Jim Flanery stated. “So blissful for everybody who has been right here. It means rather a lot. we now have a lot respect for Iowa and their program. The familiarity led to a decrease scoring recreation then i anticipated. To make a candy 16 is basically particular.”

Monika Czinano led Iowa with 27 factors. Caitlin Clark, who got here into the sport because the nation’s main scorer at 27.4 factors per recreation, completed with 15. Clark had a tough recreation, capturing simply 4-for-19 from the sphere, together with lacking all eight pictures within the second half.

Creighton led by as a lot as 12 factors within the first half earlier than a six-point Iowa run within the closing two minutes reduce the Bluejays’ result in 38-32 at halftime. The Hawkeyes struggled offensively exterior of Clark and Czinano, who had Iowa’s first 26 factors of the sport.