UConn vs. Iowa - Sweet 16 Women's NCAA Tournament Extended Highlights

No. 1 UConn plays No. 5 Iowa in the Sweet 16 of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
This matchup featured a pair of the nations top players in the Huskies' Paige Bueckers and Hawkeyes Caitlin Clark. Each freshman produced a strong second half, with Bueckers nearly recording a triple-double as Uconn pulled away to win 92-72 and advance to the Elite Eight.
Bueckers tallied 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists, and Clark scored 21 points and dished out 5 assists. The Huskies got a huge boost from Christyn Williams and Evina Westbrook, who combined for 44 points, 14 rebounds, and 9 assists.
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[@Iggy1378]

Got the opportunity to watch the full game live instead of just highlight clips of both teams and their talented freshman. Got to see the makes and the misses, the great passes and the sloppy turnovers. Uconn made less bad choices and mistakes, and defensively had the edge the entire game. Congratulations Uconn, great team to watch.

[@wonderlandian8465]

You could tell at the start of the game both women were a bit more tense than usual, the hype around the game and match up probably got to them but in the 2nd half they really delivered what we wanted to see. Some great basketball , Crystin, Evina put on a SHOW as well

[@just_brotha2665]

Oh these women was ballin the score doesn’t tell how good of a game it was

[@thatgaycousin6649]

Clark is definitely a shooter. She can score anywhere, but then again, UConn's defense and team effort was a big key to this win.

[@stormyweather9917]

Boy, Aaliyah is becoming quite a force. I like her aggressive style of play-no fear in that woman.

[@robertjames6659]

Absolutely, her and williams!

[@lecowardjames]

better than Nelson offensively

[@shortaybrown]

All American next year 100%

[@anthonyyusef5897]

A future AA and her Jersey will hang from the rafters at Gampel. Her work ethic is off the charts.

[@pamagee2011]

Great hands, when she gets the ball it stays got

[@brentplaysmadden2128]

This Uconn team operates like a well oiled machine

[@창녀줄리가청와대접수]

Yes, indeed. But I look at the Baylor team, and they play hard ball. I wonder how the UConn's finesse basketball would handle the Baylor's tough style.

[@Steph-st3vy]

that’s a great way to put it

[@alexroberson4454]

@@창녀줄리가청와대접수 Syracuse was a tough physical team and we handled that quite well.

[@창녀줄리가청와대접수]

@@alexroberson4454 Yes, but Baylor look like they are all men. I am thinking Baylor is probably the best team UConn will face in the tournament. (Maybe it's obvious, because they are the defending champion.) Once they beat Baylor, there shouldn't be any problem winning the championship.

[@Dj_tremaine]

Standford will win 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

I like to believe that paiges play style helped shaped this team to be such a force this season. This team is way different than what they were at the start of the season.

[@johntatum1951]

Good sportsmanship in this game....and congrats to Anna M on hitting 2 for 2 3's ...well done!

[@MegaTobins696]

ABC, prime time, they all delivered. Fantastic showcase of college women hoops!

[@pierreharris6644]

The Freshman did their thing but the upper class man lead the way. Complete team effort.

[@beazy7751]

Clark and Paige are ballers great quality of play from both teams until UCONNs depth and talent took over

[@lecowardjames]

@@John-dw6ru LOWA CRYBABY

[@jasbb2]

Bruh give Williams her props. She had 30. I know the media wants us to acknowledge the stars but damn

[@lecowardjames]

@@jasbb2 AGREE..........

[@robertjames6659]

@@jasbb2 williams and aaliyah is on fire defensively and offensively right now!👍

[@beazy7751]

@@jasbb2 Truth she balled

[@karenwallace5855]

To the UConn and Iowa teams...ladies, ladies, ladies, you sure did put on a show and it was fantastic on both sides! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Two of my favorite teams in a showdown and you guys never disappointed. Y'all are so talented and the hard work you put in really shows. It's a joy to watch you play. An outstanding game, one of the best I've ever seen. I gotta lotta love for both teams, fan forever!

[@de132]

That's was the Christyn Williams' game. 40 minutes, 27 points.

[@shortaybrown]

True. She’s such an awesome offense of weapon, and it’s great because you can’t just stop one Uconn player, you have to stop them all if you want to win. Teams don’t have enough good defensive players to stop all the UConn women.

[@samcockrell]

UConn team song AINT NO STOPPING US NOW!!!!!!!

[@slocumb1270]

The 70's called...

[@stormyweather9917]

@@John-dw6ru Yeah, well you aren't "them" now, are you?? I didn't think so.

[@lecowardjames]

@@John-dw6ru LOWA crybaby

[@Joshua-fr1xp]

My Huskies tearing it up! Let's go UCONN!!!

[@uliuli8997]

UConn...thank you for letting us "Ride The Wave" with you. What a great ride we're having so far. We looking good. I'm supremely confident in our collection journey. Go UConn!!!!

[@Chris-fg3yd]

Congrats, UConn! Proud of my Hawkeyes, but the better team won today. Take home that trophy, Huskies

[@HOE-rv6ie]

The players' skills are there but how a coach improved and combined these assets made the difference. Go Paige and Uconn but I liked also Caitlin. 👍🔥💯

[@HOE-rv6ie]

The 1st time I was awake at 1:00 am eastern time at Asia just to satisfy my excitement about this game. It's really a team game of Uconn against the mostly Caitlin centered game of Iowa. Well balanced offence led by C. Williams and 3 more in double figures + 30 assists + great defense. Paige instead playing decoy in the 1st half while other players took care of the scoring. As usual, great game for Caitlin. We need players like her for the good of women's basketball. 👍🔥💯

[@Feddy99]

Williams was cooking them in the 2nd half LESGO HUSKIES

[@cameronhedgepeth4926]

Clark is a certified bucket no cap great game from both teams

[@jonm8895]

I mean when you take 21 shots I’d hope you make 7 of them 😂. I wouldn’t call that a certified bucket.

[@vidalgomezcotzajay4866]

Great matchup! Clark did a good job! She needed a better defence. Congrats UConn!

[@karlloixrobinol3485]

Those entry passes man, better than nba

[@BruceWaynesFactory]

Paige is the next Michael Jordan for women. She will be great.

[@josiasjorgio8810]

Maybe, but she is not high flyer and acrobat. He's like Larry Bird or Reggie Miller, for women's basketball. But more Bird for passing.

[@lightskinn_mamba6471]

@josias jorgio I was just saying while watching that she plays like a female version of Larry bird

[@BruceWaynesFactory]

@@josiasjorgio8810 I’m really referring to the quick stops and jumping from anywhere in the 2pt land for a easy basket. Shot is butter, goes in with ease no matter where she shoots it, the sudden stop and pull up after the dribble is what really makes me think of Jordan

[@josiasjorgio8810]

@@BruceWaynesFactory if she will fade away. I would say yes. Else, Bird like plays.

[@candaceparker2493]

The team with the highest chance of winning

[@mogul7489]

I’m marveling at how well both teams played. This was just a great game to watch!!!!

[@miltondorrielan2553]

I like both Caitlin Clark and Evina Westbrook gameplay! All the best to both teams.

[@tthomas101]

Too fast and big on the inside so Iowa was trying to stop it but then you leave the freshman open

[@gabrielnevile4109]

Clark is a magician

[@cloutcloud2200]

These woman make passing an art form. It’s beautiful.

[@jimfreeman5479]

The passing is very impressive

[@serenequek8483]

This is the first time I watched Uconn and I have to say I'm a fan

[@firou004]

go huskies 🐺❤️🐐

[@Dj_tremaine]

Uconn..... The crack of the dawn.... James bond... Mow the lawn.... it doesn’t matter ... Standford is winnning it all 🔥🔥🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@kakarot_79leathal55]

#13 is elite Williams.

[@georgebowman1060]

Iowa is going to wake up saying: Williams, Williams, Williams! lol 😂 she was torching them.

[@charlesleonard7734]

Let's go Uconn keep up the great work ladies Huskies.

[@johnanderson8096]

WOW... Those two young ladies can flat out hoop!!!

[@itsmeforsure5475]

Paige is an excellent player, but she's playing with 6 other high level( blue chip ) recruits, where Caitlin Clark is playing with 1 or 2 other blue chip players. Iowa is a good team, but you could see Uconn had a definite advantage on the inside. The game was closer than the final score. UConn does not have a senior so unless some of their players leave early, they are going to be dominate again next year.

[@iinspireNP]

Both team did good. Clark and Paige fight was fun. Not a fan of either D1 or D2 team but watching ball is just fun, but as an analytic helper for my team, IOWA def struggled in the 4th and they had too many turnovers to lose to UCONN and after the 3rd quarter IOWA was only losing by 11 or 12 pts

[@TT-tp9hw]

Kudos to Iowa on a great game and Clark is truly an amazing player, but for me it was Evina Westbrook, Christyn Williams, and Aaliyah Edwards who truly powered UConn to a well-deserved win with poise, defense, and selfless offense. UConn’s ability to share the ball and have so many weapons makes it hard for them to beat, but defensively they shut down as much as you can the nation’s leading scorer. Fantastic game!

[@seanstroman6087]

Time for the rematch

[@igit_7296]

#22 for Iowa has got game.

[@pleiku887]

Caitlyn Clark is unstoppable. Christyn Williams, "hold my Gatorade."

[@berniesocialist-anders5871]

At high levels like this women's basketball is just as good as men's. Straight Ballers

[@makiburgess5733]

Stylish team oriented basketball. Nice.

[@mdlcasi2000]

I guess Iowa's coach now knows the name of P.B. (since she didnt know it in her last post game interview)

[@lecowardjames]

@@John-dw6ru CRYBABY

[@marchhokiwak6688]

Uconn #13 #🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@ChanBoogie310]

Even it wasn’t a close game all the way through it was entertaining. Iowa keep cutting down the lead but UConn would bring it right back up

[@davidmac2939]

Just as I exspected.

[@thchan3314]

Like a machine.

[@georgebowman1060]

Edwards! Williams! Edwards! Williams! Westbrook! And a sprinkle of Paige. 😆 😂

[@thetruthmma1818]

Caitlin Clark is a bucket 🪣

[@joshuadreuitt1718]

I would love to see Zia Cooke and Paige on the same team

[@georgebowman1060]

Wow I will get torched... Both had four players in double digits it's just that Yukon had more points in double digits plus Iowa had three players with zero... Yukon had more production out there bench.

[@49ers_red_and_gold2]

Uconn ladies 🤩❤

[@singledad8774]

Yes

[@tonip9002]

Great team effort for Uconn...Holy crap how good were Williams Edwards and Westbrook...Like Geno said, in a game like this with two opposing all stars, its the role players who will be the key...I think Bueckers is the better player in terms of court vision, passing and being a team player....sometimes unselfish to a fault......

[@j.g.mcbell9494]

Everyone on Iowa begging for a travel. As a fan of neither, they’re definitely not wrong and it was fairly obvious

[@Builightly]

Rematch coming 👀

[@vPinguHD]

Better than WNBA games

[@TigerKittay]

Iowa put up a good fight albeit a little short. The scores do not do justice how the game was played.

[@thomasopdahl1873]

Clark got burned on another attempted push off at about 11:00. Went to that well too many times. UConn just shifted away from Iowa's preparations and Paige laid back and let the win happen another way.

[@andrewalberico6297]

What does "laid back" mean? She missed a lot of shots.

[@cbrend22]

@@andrewalberico6297 she also scored 18, has 9 boards and 8 assists and only 2 TOs. She also had the two most important hoops of the night. Iowa cur it single digits midway through the 4th, which put a ton of pressure on UConn, the big favorite. Paige hit a huge 3 to take-it back to 12. Iowa answered with a 3, back to single digits and Paige hit ANOTHER 3 and that was it. Iowa never got it back to single digits again and UConn pulled away.

[@lilybellesfunartcreativere3925]

Great game

[@darbocity]

iowa zone got taken apart

[@kjjr6713]

Repeat otw

[@Steph-st3vy]

2:50 sheesh

[@LandoFett]

Clark is the better freshman! But Westbrook was the best player on the floor!!

[@lecowardjames]

LOWA CRY BABY

[@LandoFett]

@@lecowardjames Never in my life have I set one foot in Iowa. Live in AZ and cheering for South Carolina and maybe the Arizona squad.

[@wep0nx170]

Did Uconn even sub?😂

[@grobble8954]

Yes, they played 7, usually they play 8. Muhl has a sprained ankle & she has started at guard all of the 2nd half of the season

[@charlestaylor1892]

Olivia Nelson Ododa you are the Best Shooter Baby and Olivia Nelson Ododa how are you doing Baby and Olivia Nelson Ododa I Love You so much Baby and Olivia Nelson Ododa stay safe Baby

[@Elc0chin0]

I know this isn't the Baylor vs UCONN game but I just finished watching it so I'm sure the highlights won't be available for a while and I'm not sitting up waiting for it. I'm glad UCONN won. UCONN did make some mistakes but Baylor got away with a lot of fouls that the refs were standing 6 feet from and making calls against UCONN that Baylor was doing all night long. My feeling is that the refs gave Baylor 12 extra points. This gave them the momentum not their play. Defensively Baylor did play a very close game but that's where they were getting away with all the fouls the refs were allowing for them. How many times did Baylor run over or into Paige? Come on, seriously, when, when have I ever seen Paige ask the ref where's the foul? NEVER. But these were so obvious and were not being called. But it wasn't just Paige it was under the basket. And when UCONN got ahead the refs started making the calls against UCONN. What kind of refing is that? Oh were good old boys from Texas so Baylor has to win? I'm sorry for this rant but in my opinion Baylor only was as close as they were because they got away with a lot of fouls. Go Huskies! And I'm so glad it was Paige who intercepted the inbounds pass. That just put the icing on the cake for me! And when Baylor got a call it was like they were complaining to the refs, why did you call me for that foul? You're not supposed to be making foul calls against us. That was one horribly ref'ed game. I hadn't seen a game ref'ed like that since my daughter played. Horrible, just horrible.

[@RandalHenry-o1u]

Perez Jessica Lee Maria Jones Angela

[@Watch272]

Smh. Not enough sistas on Iowa. Damn this game was good. It's hard to win against UConn without scoring high. That's just what it is.

[@StellaGloria-f1m]

Johnson Karen Miller Jennifer Brown Matthew

[@jadensmith5050]

Maybe don't throw airball bricks into the "highlights"

[@JohnDoe-fc5xg]

Clark can shoot, boy - she should be drafted by the NBA, forget the WNBA. Long range bomber for sure, and accurate. Marshall and Warnock are also superb talents who can shoot really well. IMO UConn played a not very intelligent game, they had a huge advantage with Nelson-Ododa and hardly threw the ball down low to her. There was no one on Iowa who could stop her, no one. Buckets looked like she ran out of gas in the 4th quarter as she started falling short on a lot of her shots. Gene should sit her more even if she complains because her conditioning was not there.

[@lecowardjames]

clark is nothing more than chuck three like harden,no surprise THE RESULT COME

[@byronphillips1119]

Clark isn't on the same level as Paige

[@lilybellesfunartcreativere3925]

🏀🏆🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@bubblgumlab]

williams is way better than paige..

[@lecowardjames]

NO.........................

[@mishkakandhari3882]

She was definitely better this game but she is really inconsistent while Paige has been consistent this whole season. There were games when Williams went scoreless this season as a junior....

[@bitxhplz]

Clark needs more work on her handle and pull up with her right hand. But still, at this point, I personally think she is better than Paige.

[@lecowardjames]

better chucker,poor shot sellection,paththtic defender

[@kristenkoduah6054]

Ehhh she kinda hurt her team with the shooting tonight 2-21

[@bitxhplz]

@@kristenkoduah6054 she was 7-21 btw... Also she scored 27.4 points per game this season. She still has a lot of room to improve, but if her development goes right, she can be the wnba stephen curry (ok, I know it's bit of exaggerating, especially her handle is still pretty raw. It's going to take a lot of hard works, great coach and facility and luck for her to accomplish. Yes luck, if u freaking tore ur acl the moment u step on the court then how the hell are u going play and be great 😂😂😂)

[@kristenkoduah6054]

@@bitxhplz idk if I wanna get better. I want Paige, has big trust in her teammates

[@frankguerrero9649]

Baylor will beat them

[@grobble8954]

they needed a blown double dribble call to beat UM

[@lecowardjames]

BAYLOR ISN'T THAT GOOD

[@shortaybrown]

Maybe. We’ll find out soon.

[@lecowardjames]

NC STATE IS DONE

[@stormyweather9917]

Good news!

[@turtleislandlac1490]

Maybe if Iowa targeted for more diversity in their recruiting they would be closer to the level of a UConn, Baylor or Maryland.

[@fredarroyo7429]

So black ppl are better is what your saying

[@turtleislandlac1490]

@@fredarroyo7429 No diversity makes organizations/teams better. But check the Top 100 recruiting rankings, the majority are people of color. See how competitive girls basketball is in the state of Maryland and around DC (more diverse) and you'll see the level of talent is much greater than most of the country.

[@nianguyen5269]

Your critical thinking needs improvement. You really think black athletes will flock to Iowa where the population is 91% white?

[@turtleislandlac1490]

​@@nianguyen5269 Maybe yours needs improvement. Because that hasn't stopped Iowa's fooball team. Iowa's men's basketball team has had many black athletes in the past, (although not as many this year). That hasn't stopped black athletes from being recruited to Madison, Wisconsin where the population is 80 percent white.

[@turtleislandlac1490]

@@nianguyen5269 Iowa City is 75 percent white too. Not much different from other college towns. Storrs, CT where UConn is located is 76 percent caucasian. And yes, I am aware Storrs is closer to other cities, but student athletes primarily spend their time at the University, obviously.

[@steveyoung627]

game was closer than the score suggests. hope UConn doesn't win it all. tired of them and Geno!

[@lecowardjames]

CRYBABY

[@alexroberson4454]

This game was not close guy. Iowa brought it to single digits once to make it a little interesting but they were never gonna claw their way back into it.