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Clark Named B1G Player of the Week for the Fourth Consecutive Week

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January 15th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors the conference office announced on Monday.

This marks Clark’s 25th weekly award from the conference, which is the most in Big Ten conference history surpassing former Hawkeye, Megan Gustafson. (23)

She garnered weekly honors for the fourth consecutive week and the seventh time this season.

Clark led the Hawkeyes to a pair of conference wins against Purdue and No. 14 Indiana. Against the Boilermakers, Clark registered her fourth triple-double of the season and 15th of her career. She had 26 points, 10 assists, and 10 rebounds. In a primetime matchup with the Hoosiers, Clark recorded 30 points, 11 assists, and five rebounds. She has 13 career games with 30+ points and 10+ assists, no one in college women’s basketball in past 25 seasons has more than two such games. Five of those have come against ranked teams.

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The second-ranked Hawkeyes will host Wisconsin on Jan. 16. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will broadcast on Peacock (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.