A year ago, I grabbed a ticket to watch No. 7 Maryland host No. 6 Iowa, specifically to see long-distance shooting star Caitlin Clark. Terrapins Coach Brenda Frese instructed Lavender Briggs to become Clark’s shadow from baseline to baseline, and Maryland held Clark to an unspectacular 18 points while drubbing Iowa, 96-68.

Clark, coming off a 42-point barrage against Maryland in the Hawkeyes’ gym a few weeks earlier, was the same Clark this season as she marched toward a host of scoring records, a compliment to the accuracy and consistency of her inexhaustible three-point shooting. Read More