Clark leads Iowa back to the Final Four. Undefeated South Carolina will be there, too

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Caitlin Clark and Iowa are back in the Final Four again. So are Dawn Staley and undefeated South Carolina. The women’s basketball world will descend on Cleveland for the national semifinals on Friday and the championship game two days later. Clark willed her team to its second consecutive trip to the Final Four, scoring 41 points to beat defending champion LSU 94-87 on Monday night. The Tigers knocked out the Hawkeyes last year in the title game. Now the Hawkeyes are two wins away from their first national championship. “That’s obviously our goal. That’s where we want to be,” Clark said. “But you’ve got to win one at a time. There’s still two more there to get. That’s what makes the Final Four so fun. Anybody can take it. Anybody can win it.” Next up for Iowa is UConn, the team that knocked them out of the tournament in Clark’s freshman season. The Huskies beat Southern California 80-73 in the other regional final on Monday night. Staley’s team will face North Carolina State, which is making its first appearance in the Final Four since 1998. A lot of attention will be on Clark, which Staley doesn’t...