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#Iowa transfer Lauren Jensen leads Creighton to March Madness upset

“Iowa transfer Lauren Jensen leads Creighton to March Madness upset”

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Lauren Jensen scored 19 points against her former team, including the go-ahead 3 with 12.9 seconds left that lifted No. 10 Creighton over Caitlyn Clark and second-seeded Iowa 64-62 Sunday in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Iowa (24-8), which shared the Big Ten regular-season title and won the conference tournament, had two chances to tie the game in the closing three seconds. Monika Czinano missed a layup with three seconds left, then Kate Martin missed a putback as the buzzer sounded.

Jensen, who played at Iowa last season as a freshman before transferring, had nine of her points in the fourth quarter.

Creighton’s Lauren Jensen celebrates after hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer.
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“I just wanted to go in and play my game and didn’t know what to expect with a sold out crowd,” she said. “Play my game and play with my teammates and hopefully come out with the win, which we did.”

She had a layup with 1:26 left to cut Iowa’s lead to 62-60, then her 3-pointer gave the Bluejays a lead.

“I was just trying to find an open shot honestly,” Jensen said. “I was just going to come off and see what happened and we ended up getting a 3.”

After Clark missed a layup Emma Ronziek made the second of two free throws for the final margin.

Creighton guard Morgan Maly (30) drives to the basket as Iowa guard McKenna Warnock (14) reaches for the ball during the first half of a second-round game in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Creighton guard Morgan Maly (30) drives to the basket as Iowa guard McKenna Warnock (14) reaches for the ball.
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Payton Brotzki added 13 points for the Bluejays (22-9), who advance to their first-ever Sweet 16. They were the seventh double-digit seed to win in the women’s NCAA Tournament so far, matching the record set in 1998.

“This is for everyone who has played at Creighton and put on a uniform in the past,” coach Jim Flanery said. “So happy for everyone who has been here. It means a lot. we have so much respect for Iowa and their program. The familiarity led to a lower scoring game then i anticipated. To make a sweet 16 is really special.”

Monika Czinano led Iowa with 27 points. Caitlin Clark, who came into the game as the nation’s leading scorer at 27.4 points per game, finished with 15. Clark had a rough game, shooting just 4-for-19 from the field, including missing all eight shots in the second half.

Creighton led by as much as 12 points in the first half before a six-point Iowa run in the final two minutes cut the Bluejays’ lead to 38-32 at halftime. The Hawkeyes struggled offensively outside of Clark and Czinano, who had Iowa’s first 26 points of the game.

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