Caitlin Clark of Iowa stuns No. 2 Indiana with a buzzer beater

For a second at Carver Hawkeye Arena, it looked like the Hawkeyes were going to lose after going down on the wrong side of a late foul call.

Caitlin Clark said otherwise.

Clark expertly drilled a lopsided putter to lift No. 6 Iowa past No. 2 Indiana 86-85 in a thrilling battle Sunday afternoon in Iowa City.

With just 1.5 seconds left in the game, Clark caught an inside pass on the wing and sank her three-pointer over Indiana’s Chloe Moore McNeil — sparking massive celebration.

“Honestly, I thought it was money,” Clark told ESPN’s Holly Rowe after the win.

He finished as a National Player of the Year nominee just shy of hitting a triple-double in the Hawkeyes’ final regular season game. She had 34 points after shooting 12-of-22 from the field, and added nine rebounds and nine assists. The junior entered Sunday averaging 27 points, 7.4 assists and an NCAA-best 8.1 assists per game.

The batter came after what was a very late fumble call on the other end, putting Indiana in a position to clinch the win. Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes, who scored a team-high 21 points on the day, fouled the post and hit a pair of free throws that put the Hoosiers up by two points heading into the final game.

Moore-Mitchell added 18 points for Nediana, and guard Sydney Parish added 18 points and five rebounds. Grace Berger finished with 16 points and eight assists. The loss was only Indiana’s second this season, after a five-point loss to Michigan State in December. The Hoosiers, who have already won the Big Ten regular season title, will go on to take the top seed in the conference tournament next week.

Kate Martin added 19 points for Iowa after shooting 6 of 9 from the field. Forward Monica Czenano finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. Clark scored or assisted on 56 of Iowa’s 86 points—the most Indiana lost all season—in the win. The Hawkeyes finished the regular season winning 12 of their last 14 games, and will enter the Big Ten tournament next week in Minneapolis as the No. 3 seed.