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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/ncaa-bk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlin Clark</a> was, once again, the best player on the court Monday night.The NCAA's all-time leading scorer <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/iowas-caitlin-clark-dazzles-beat-lsu-angel-reese-reach-final-four" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped 41 points</a> to send No. 1 Iowa to the Final Four after the Hawkeyes beat No. 3 LSU 94-87.Clark was a first-team All-American for the third year in a row while setting numerous records before she heads to the WNBA later this year.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</a>It was her fifth 40-point game of the season and the third time she hit nine three-pointers. However, one <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">basketball Hall of Famer</a> was surprised that the normally-dominant Clark put up such a performance.Paul Pierce insinuated that because Clark was playing against a Tigers team comprised of mostly Black players, she wouldn't be able to handle the competition."We saw a White girl in Iowa do it to a bunch of Black girls. That gained my respect," Pierce said on <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1775190202648048110" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FS1's "Undisputed."</a> "She didn't do this to some other little White girls that was over here in Colorado or whatever. She did this to some girls from LSU, who we thought were dogs, defending champs. "[She] put them on her knee and spanked them. I didn't expect that."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-womens-basketball-comes-under-scrutiny-missing-national-anthem-game-iowa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COMES UNDER SCRUTINY FOR MISSING NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE GAME VS IOWA</a>Clark was 13-for-29 from the field, draining 9-of-20 shots from beyond the arc. LSU guard Hailey Van Lith contested those shots, especially the deep 3-pointers Clark is known to dazzle with, but all she could do was shrug when she watched them go in. With the game tied at 45 at the half, Iowa went on an 8-0 run to start the third quarter as LSU struggled to knock down shots. By the end of it, Clark had drained four of her nine threes in the quarter, and Iowa owned a 11-point lead, 69-58, entering the fourth. The Tigers shot 5 of 26 in the third quarter as a team, and the Hawkeyes never looked back despite LSU's valiant efforts for a comeback.Iowa will face No. 3 UConn in the Final Four. UConn is fresh off Paige Bueckers' 28 points, 10 rebounds and six assists against USC's freshman phenom JuJu Watkins.Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digital’s <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sports coverage on X</a>, and subscribe to<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.

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content: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/ncaa-bk" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">Caitlin Clark</a> was, once again, the best player on the court Monday
 night.The NCAA's all-time leading scorer <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/iowas-caitlin-clark-dazzles-beat-lsu-angel-reese-reach-final-four"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped 41 points</a> to send No. 1 Iowa to the Final
 Four after the Hawkeyes beat No. 3 LSU 94-87.Clark was a first-team All-American
 for the third year in a row while setting numerous records before she heads to the
 WNBA later this year.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</a>It
 was her fifth 40-point game of the season and the third time she hit nine three-pointers.
 However, one <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nba" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">basketball Hall of Famer</a> was surprised that the normally-dominant
 Clark put up such a performance.Paul Pierce insinuated that because Clark
 was playing against a Tigers team comprised of mostly Black players, she wouldn't
 be able to handle the competition."We saw a White girl in Iowa do it to a
 bunch of Black girls. That gained my respect," Pierce said on <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1775190202648048110"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FS1's "Undisputed."</a> "She didn't do this
 to some other little White girls that was over here in Colorado or whatever. She
 did this to some girls from LSU, who we thought were dogs, defending champs. "[She]
 put them on her knee and spanked them. I didn't expect that."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-womens-basketball-comes-under-scrutiny-missing-national-anthem-game-iowa"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COMES UNDER SCRUTINY
 FOR MISSING NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE GAME VS IOWA</a>Clark was 13-for-29
 from the field, draining 9-of-20 shots from beyond the arc. LSU guard Hailey Van
 Lith contested those shots, especially the deep 3-pointers Clark is known to dazzle
 with, but all she could do was shrug when she watched them go in. With the
 game tied at 45 at the half, Iowa went on an 8-0 run to start the third quarter
 as LSU struggled to knock down shots. By the end of it, Clark had drained four of
 her nine threes in the quarter, and Iowa owned a 11-point lead, 69-58, entering
 the fourth. The Tigers shot 5 of 26 in the third quarter as a team, and the Hawkeyes
 never looked back despite LSU's valiant efforts for a comeback.Iowa will
 face No. 3 UConn in the Final Four. UConn is fresh off Paige Bueckers' 28 points,
 10 rebounds and six assists against USC's freshman phenom JuJu Watkins.Fox
 News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.Follow Fox
 News Digital’s <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">sports coverage on X</a>, and
 subscribe to<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.
summary: Caitlin Clark usually dominates games, but basketball Hall of Famer Paul
 Pierce admitted he &quot;didn&apos;t expect&quot; her performance against LSU.
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