FOREVER IN OUR HEART: IOWA WOMENS BASKETBALL LOST THEIR KEY PLAYER WHOM DIE AS A RESULT OF…….
CLEVELAND — Gabbie Marshall heard the whistle, and didn’t wait for the signal.
She knew.
“Yeah, I was sure,” she said. “She was moving. I was hyped.”
With Connecticut down a point in the dying seconds, Marshall was clipped by UConn’s Aaliyah Edwards, who was trying to spring Paige Bueckers open for the go-ahead basket.
That sequence helped preserve the second-ranked Hawkeyes’ 71-69 NCAA women’s basketball national-semifinal triumph over the No. 10 Huskies on Friday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
“A really resilient, gritty win tonight,” Kate Martin said after the Hawkeyes (34-4) advanced to the championship game for the second straight year.
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