Creighton upsets Iowa to become fourth No. 10 seed to advance to Sweet 16 NCAA.com
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PRESENTED BY Wow. What a way to begin an absolutely loaded slate of games on Sunday. On a day in which six No. 1 or No. 2 seeds are in action in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the first of them to tip off, No. 2 seed Iowa, didn't survive its 40 minutes of madness. That's because No. 10 seed Creighton stunned the Hawkeyes and their nation-leading scorer, Caitlin Clark, 64-62, thanks to guard Lauren Jensen's incredible, go-ahead, catch-and-shoot 3-pointer from the top of the key with roughly 13 seconds left in the game. Jensen transferred from Iowa after last season and she's gone from a player who scored 23 total points last season to one whose season-high, single-game point total this season is 23. Lauren Jensen gives the Jays the lead! x — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) The shot put the Bluejays ahead 63-62, Clark missed a layup on the other end, forcing the Hawkeyes to foul the Bluejays three times in succession. Creighton's Emma Ronsiek made the second of two free throw attempts to put Creighton ahead by the final margin, 64-62, and Iowa missed two more layup attempts in the closing seconds as the Bluejays stunned the Hawkeyes on their home court. , joining Missouri (2001), Florida State (2007) and Oregon (2017). Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994, the first 108 teams to earn a No. 10 seed reached the second weekend roughly 2.8 percent of the time. One more win and the Bluejays will join the Ducks as the only No. 10 seeds to advance to the Elite Eight. Jensen, the game's hero, finished with a team-high 19 points, including three 3-pointers, but none bigger than the last one. While Clark did have a few incredible moments, like this shot below, Creighton held her in check, allowing her just 15 points on a 4-for-19 shooting performance. Clark, who also had 11 assists and eight rebounds, finished two boards shy of a triple-double in a losing effort. Second round is underway! doing what Caitlin Clark does ! x — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) In a game in which Creighton didn't shoot the ball particularly well — just over 35 percent from the field, roughly 29 percent from 3-point range and 60 percent from the line — and turned the ball over 14 times, the Bluejays generally corralled the most explosive scorer in the country, while attacking the boards vigorously, grabbing 15 of their 43 missed shots, or almost 35 percent, while scooping up 82 percent of Iowa's missed shots. Creighton will play . . GAMES TIME (ET) TV CITY National Championship — Sunday, April 3 8 p.m. ESPN Minneapolis, Minnesota RESULTS TIME NETWORK LOCATION First Four — Wednesday, March 16 7 p.m. ESPNU Columbia, South Carolina 9 p.m. ESPNU Ames, Iowa First Four — Thursday, March 17 7 p.m. ESPN2 Raleigh, North Carolina 9 p.m. ESPN2 Baton Rouge, Louisiana First Round — Friday, March 18 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Columbia, South Carolina 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 Waco, Texas 1:30 p.m. ESPNN Iowa City, Iowa 2 p.m. ESPN Columbia, South Carolina 2:30 p.m. ESPNU College Park, Maryland 3:30 p.m. ESPNN Louisville, Kentucky 4 p.m. ESPN2 Waco, Texas 4 p.m. ESPN Iowa City, Iowa 5 p.m. ESPNU College Park, Maryland 5:30 p.m. ESPNN Austin, Texas 6 p.m. ESPN2 Louisville, Kentucky 7:30 p.m. ESPNU Stanford, California 7:30 p.m. ESPNN Ames, Iowa 8 p.m. ESPN2 Austin, Texas 10 p.m. ESPN2 Stanford, California 10 p.m. ESPNU Ames, Iowa First Round — Saturday, March 19 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Raleigh, North Carolina 1 p.m. ABC Storrs, Connecticut 1 p.m. ESPNN Ann Arbor, Michigan 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 Bloomington, Indiana 2 p.m. ESPN Raleigh, North Carolina 2:30 p.m. ESPNU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 3 p.m. ABC Knoxville, Tennessee 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Ann Arbor, Michigan 3:30 p.m. ESPNN Storrs, Connecticut 4 p.m. ESPN Bloomington, Indiana 5 p.m. ESPNU Baton Rouge, Louisiana 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Knoxville, Tennessee 7:30 p.m. ESPNN Tucson, Arizona 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Norman, Oklahoma 10 p.m. ESPN2 Tucson, Arizona 10 p.m. ESPNU Norman, Oklahoma Second Round — Sunday, March 20 1 p.m. ABC Iowa City, Iowa 3 p.m. ESPN College Park, Maryland 3 p.m. ABC Columbia, South Carolina 5 p.m. ESPN Austin, Texas 6 p.m. ESPN2 Waco, Texas 7 p.m. ESPN Louisville, Kentucky 8 p.m. ESPN2 Ames, Iowa 9 p.m. ESPN Stanford, California Second Round — Monday, March 21 4 p.m. ESPN Raleigh, North Carolina 6 p.m. ESPNU Ann Arbor, Michigan 6 p.m. ESPN2 Norman, Oklahoma 7 p.m. ESPN Knoxville, Tennessee 8 p.m. ESPNU Bloomington, Indiana 8 p.m. ESPN2 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 9 p.m. ESPN Storrs, Connecticut 10 p.m. ESPN2 Tucson, Arizona Sweet 16 — Friday, March 25 7 p.m. ESPN Greensboro, North Carolina 7 p.m. ESPN2 Spokane, Washington 9:30 p.m. ESPN Spokane, Washington 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 Greensboro, North Carolina Sweet 16 — Saturday, March 26 11:30 a.m. ESPN Bridgeport, Connecticut 2 p.m. ESPN Bridgeport, Connecticut 4 p.m. ESPN2 Wichita, Kansas 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 Wichita, Kansas Elite Eight — Sunday, March 27 7 p.m. ESPN Greensboro, North Carolina 9 p.m. ESPN Spokane, Wash. 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