October 7, 2024

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark OK after collision with fan after upset loss


Jan. 22 (UPI) — College basketball star Caitlin Clark is OK after she said she was “absolutely just hammered” by a fan who ran onto the court as the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrated an upset win over her Iowa Hawkeyes. The collision occurred Sunday at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Clark scored a season-high 45 points, with seven made 3-pointers, in the 100-92 overtime defeat. Advertisement “I’m OK, I think,” Clark told reporters at her postgame news conference. “Great environment and these are the games we love to play, with 18,000 people here. I could see they were storming the court, which was fine. “I was just trying to exit the court as quickly as possible, so I started running and I was absolutely just hammered by somebody trying to run onto the court, basically blindsided.” [embedded content] Advertisement Clark missed a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer. She…

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