Technical foul on Iowa’s Caitlin Clark leaves college basketball fans in disbelief during national title game

Iowa sharpshooter Caitlin Clark was battling foul hassle within the third quarter of the nationwide championship sport towards LSU, and one name late within the interval surprised followers watching at house.

Clark, who had already set a single match document for factors and for three-pointers made in a single match sport, acquired a technical foul when she pushed the ball to the baseline following a foul name on one among her teammates. It was Clark’s fourth foul of the game.

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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes huddles her teammates throughout the third quarter towards the LSU Girl Tigers throughout the 2023 NCAA Ladies’s Basketball Match championship sport at American Airways Middle on April 02, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Photographs)

The technical foul didn’t sit properly with basketball followers as the main focus turned to the oddly officiated sport.

Clark, who lit up the final two video games with 40-plus factors in every matchup, had 25 factors via the primary three quarters – all of which approaching seven three-point photographs and 4 free throws.

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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes with the ball towards Alexis Morris #45 of the LSU Girl Tigers throughout the third quarter throughout the 2023 NCAA Ladies’s Basketball Match championship sport at American Airways Middle on April 02, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)

4 Hawkeyes gamers had been handled 4 fouls heading into the third quarter. LSU led by as a lot as 21 factors within the sport.

Iowa and LSU were both looking for his or her first girls’s nationwide basketball championship as they had been each enjoying of their first title sport.

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes reacts throughout the third quarter towards the LSU Girl Tigers throughout the 2023 NCAA Ladies’s Basketball Match championship sport at American Airways Middle on April 02, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)

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Iowa final made the Ultimate 4 in 1993 whereas LSU was within the Ultimate 4 from 2004 to 2008 earlier than getting again there this season.