Caitlin Clark has turned into a household name following her heroics in the Iowa uniform as her record-smashing feats have undoubtedly grabbed local and global attention.
But her glory days for Iowa will be over in just a matter of days with the NCAA tournament rolling onto Sweet 16. Before that, Iowa’s favorite daughter had the chance to showcase her magnificence in front of her home crowd on the Hawkeyes’ home court. In this emotional rollercoaster, she has found her family and significant other half behind her.
Caitlin Clark pictured with boyfriend after her final home game
On her last home-court game, Caitlin Clark was spotted having some post-game cheer with her family and boyfriend at Carver-Hawkeye Arena as the Iowa squad will be heading to New York to face their next opponents.
In the NCAA tournament’s second-round game, Clark took advantage of their home court and led her team to a 64-54 win against 8th-seeded West Virginia. The leading scorer of the NCAA added a massive 32 points to her name on Monday night. The Hawkeyes will be playing in different college arenas for the remainder of the tournament, considering they will keep winning with their superstar dropping huge points.
To celebrate the win, Clark’s parents, Brent and Anne Nizzi-Clark along with her beau, Connor McCaffery were present and the special moments were captured by Bri Lewerke, the Sports photographer who shared the pictures on her Instagram handle.
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The 22-year-old, who at one point in the game seemed disappointed with the courtside fans’ lack of encouragement, shared an emotional message to end the night on a positive note.
Caitlin thanks fans following her emotional night
Caitlin Clark led her team to victory, booking a place in the Sweet 16. After the final home game of her Iowa career, an emotional Caitlin Clark decided to get a message off her chest through social media.
Sharing a series of pictures from the game night on her Instagram account, Clark left a heartfelt message to her fans through the caption, “Goodbye to my forever favorite arena. The countless memories I have in this place will be cherished forever. See you in Albany hawk fans.”
Iowa crowd is known for its backing of the home team and the women’s basketball team is no different in getting the much-deserved love. Last year Iowa broke the NCAA attendance record for a women’s basketball game in a charity game. Caitlin’s next destination in the WNBA will have their work cut out to match that record with about 20,000 being the record attendance for any WNBA game to date.
Caitlin is currently the talk of the town for getting a $5 million offer from Ice Cube to play in the Big 3 basketball league. However, she will probably focus on her NCAA tournament for now and will move to Albany, New York with her team to face Colorado Buffaloes and assumably put up a great Saturday afternoon show for the basketball enthusiasts.
