Basketball
WBB NCAA Elite Eight: Baylor shuts down Iowa to make Final Four
It's the Lady Bears' first semifinals appearance since 2012.
(Photo: Photo by John Hamilton)
Kim Mulkey trusted what Baylor had done all season long.
Heading into Monday's Elite Eight game against Iowa, the marquee matchup was Iowa's Megan Gustafson, the National Player of the Year, taking on Baylor's dominating duo of Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox in the post. The overarching story was one of the more efficient offenses in the nation, the Hawkeyes (52 percent shooting), trying to break down the nation's top field goal percentage defense (31.3 percent allowed) in the Lady Bears.
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