Yahoo Sports Carver Magic! Twitter reacts to Caitlin Clark’s game-winning, buzzer-beater vs. No. 2 Indiana
It couldn’t have ended any other way. Not with a raucous, sellout crowd on hand inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena after Iowa City hosted its first College GameDay earlier this morning.
Not after the magic from the day before inside Carver. Right now, Iowa City is the epicenter of late-game college basketball heroics.
After Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes netted a pair of free throws to put the Hoosiers up 85-83, Iowa had one last gasp with 1.5 seconds remaining. The game’s biggest star went to work.
A perfectly designed and perfectly executed inbounds play got Iowa star Caitlin Clark the look she wanted. Monika Czinano’s screen freed up Clark just enough and sent Indiana guard Chloe Moore-McNeil tumbling to the floor and then scrambling to catch up.
Kate Martin fired in the pass to Clark and the rest was history. As superstars do in the biggest moments, Clark nailed an off-balance 3-pointer as time expired to down No. 2 Indiana, 86-85. It set off a wild celebration inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena and on Twitter.
Stranger things have happened...like the day before
I've seen stranger things this weekend than Iowa women scoring with 1.5 seconds left.
— Mike Hlas (@Hlas) February 26, 2023
OH MY!!!
OH MY GOD!! THE BUZZER BEATER 3 BY CC!!!!@CaitlinClark22 x #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/IEAohn8ZbF
— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) February 26, 2023
FRENZY
CAITLIN CLARK'S BUZZER-BEATER SENT IOWA CITY INTO A FRENZY 😨 #ThatsaW pic.twitter.com/0Sf4Sx5AwO
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 26, 2023
UNREAL
CLARK AT THE BUZZER AND IOWA WINS
— Kyle Huesmann (@HuesmannKyle) February 26, 2023
ONIONS
ONIONS
— PlannedSickDays (@PlannedSickDays) February 26, 2023
George Kittle weighs in
@CaitlinClark22 put em to sleep😴😴 https://t.co/sE4FLFkUIy
— George Kittle (@gkittle46) February 26, 2023
As does Patrick Mahomes
Dawg!!! @CaitlinClark22 https://t.co/Fcg7zEW7CB
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) February 26, 2023
119 decibels!
Carver hit 119 decibels for Clark's 3-pointer. Loudest I've ever recorded.
Iowa wins 86-85 at the buzzer.
Back-to-back, never seen two games like this here.
— Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman) February 26, 2023
The GOAT sounds off in postgame
LETSSSSSS GOOOOO!!!!!!!! HAWK FANS I LOVE YOU!!! LETS KEEP IT ROLLIN 🤍🤍🔥🔥💥💥
— Caitlin Clark (@CaitlinClark22) February 26, 2023
'Thought it was money'
Caitlin Clark
"Honestly, I thought it was money" pic.twitter.com/TzlK0bPAM9— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) February 26, 2023
Love from Payton Sandfort
National Player of the Year. You are unreal @CaitlinClark22 https://t.co/1shCMMAgQs
— Payton Sandfort (@payton_20_) February 26, 2023
NPOY. No debate.
NPOY no debate and I don’t wanna hear it from you clowns!!!!! 🐐🐐🐐‼️‼️‼️ https://t.co/AfU5Xmij4M
— Connor McCaffery (@connor_m30) February 26, 2023
Spencer Lee celebrates
Caitlin Clark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GOOOOO
— Spencer Lee (@LeeSpencerlee36) February 26, 2023
We are all witnesses.
CAITLIN. CLARK.
We are all witnesses.
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 26, 2023
Holly Rowe's seat
Caitlin Clark game winner with 1.5 seconds left.
She is unbelievable @CaitlinClark22 @IowaWBB @espn @espnW pic.twitter.com/jECeai0faZ— Holly Rowe (@sportsiren) February 26, 2023
BEAST
@CaitlinClark22 🤷🏻♀️BEAST
— Cade McNamara (@Cademac_12) February 26, 2023
What. A. Weekend.
Was that the best weekend in Iowa Athletics history?
— Hawkeye Nation (@hawkeyenation) February 26, 2023
Name a better Hawkeye sports weekend! pic.twitter.com/WtG4hp5Bkj
— hawks 101 (@iahawks101) February 26, 2023
LET'S GOOOOO
THE BEST basketball weekend in the history of Iowa City!!!
Speechless.
🐐 @CaitlinClark22 @SoundOFF13 @espn pic.twitter.com/XSDtAC9DEz
— Chris Douglas (@ChrisDouglas515) February 26, 2023
Never count Iowa out
NEVER COUNT AN IOWA TEAM OUT!
— Hawkeye Elvis (@HawkeyeElvis) February 26, 2023
She did THAT
Every single person in that arena knew Caitlin Clark would get the ball, and she did THAT
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) February 26, 2023
A WINNER
THATS A WINNER!! pic.twitter.com/FvesXIl63j
— Hawkeye Images (@webcentrick) February 26, 2023
Caitlin Clark leaving Carver
Caitlin Clark leaving the arena pic.twitter.com/HBtN6uPDRT
— Lucy Rohden (@lucy_rohden) February 26, 2023
Got to
I don’t know how it’s going to happen but I need to see @CaitlinClark22 play in person. She brings the electricity to Carver Hawkeye! 🐤
— Tony Ramos 🐏 (@T_Ram133) February 26, 2023
No, it's not
Not often that you get wins over a No. 1 team and a No. 2 team in the same weekend.
— Ivan Bologna (@PV_GIA) February 26, 2023
Official Clark X-ray
Caitlin Clark’s x-Ray pic.twitter.com/Cim978qLhY
— Mike Jones (@mjwh24) February 26, 2023
Kudos to Coach
And Kudos to LIsa Bluder for drawing that play up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Evan Baedke (@HawkatHeart) February 26, 2023
HER
𝐇𝐄𝐑! @CaitlinClark22 IS ELITE! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/mHPNG0l9oY
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 26, 2023
A good rule for the game
In the men’s game Iowa would’ve had to go the length of the floor.
In the women’s game it’s like the NBA where you get to advance the ball on a timeout.
One of the many things the women’s game does better than the men.
(Via @hawkeyefan2000) pic.twitter.com/FRPdTjNheV
— Chris Hassel (@Hassel_Chris) February 26, 2023
A little Ryder Cup energy from Carver in the future?
What is up Iowa City?!!!!!! Bring some of that mojo South please…better yet, to Rome!! @RyderCupUSA #America #Hawks
— Zach Johnson (@ZachJohnsonPGA) February 26, 2023
Carver Chaos
𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 💥#Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/zJov3jTZYt
— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB) February 26, 2023
NO BEER!!!
NO BEER!!!!!!
— Hawkeye Elvis (@HawkeyeElvis) February 26, 2023
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GOATs respect GOATs
🐐s respect 🐐s @CaitlinClark22 x @PatrickMahomes pic.twitter.com/aoEx8htCz7
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 26, 2023
