2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game
The 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference. The game was played on April 7, 2024, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. South Carolina defeated Iowa 87–75 to capture the third national championship in program history. Iowa finished as runner-up for the second season in a row.
Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse before the game
Kamilla Cardoso (pictured pregame) was named Most Outstanding Player.
Caitlin Clark (pictured pregame) led all scorers with 30 points.
Caitlin Clark is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes and is regarded as one of the greatest collegiate players of all time. Clark is the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer and was a two-time national player of the year with the Hawkeyes. She was selected first overall by the Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft.
Clark with Iowa in 2024
Clark during her 46-point game against Michigan in 2022
Clark with Iowa at the 2023 Big Ten tournament
Clark on the sidelines at Crossover at Kinnick in 2023