IOWA CITY, Iowa (via HawkeyeSports.com) — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team swept the season series over Nebraska, with an 83-75 victory in the regular-season finale Saturday night, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.  In a game that featured zero double-digit leads, 11 ties and 10 lead changes, Iowa was able to put Nebraska away in the fourth quarter. The dagger helped give Iowa its eighth win in the last 11 meetings against Nebraska. Caitlin Clark, te freshman from Des Moines, scored 19 of her game-high 35 points in the fourth quarter for her 11th 30-point game of the season to help Iowa get over the hump down the stretch. Clark missed only one shot in the final frame, going 4-of-5 from the field, 3-of-4 from the long distance, and 8-of-8 from the charity stripe.

Clark scored her 601st point of the season 3:08 into the game, becoming the fifth Hawkeye to record 600 points in a single season. She joins Hawkeye greats Megan Gustafson, Cindy Haugejorde, Michelle Edwards, and Franthea Price. Clark now has 631 points on the season. Sophomore Gabbie Marshall was a spark on both ends for the Hawkeyes, scoring 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from behind the arc and swiping three steals on defense. Sophomore McKenna Warncok was the third Hawkeye in double figures with 12 points. Redshirt sophomore Kate Martin scored seven points, grabbed a career-high eight rebounds, and dished out a game-high five assists.

Redshirt senior Alexis Sevillian and senior Zion Sanders were honored after tonight’s game. The two were Iowa’s captains this season. Sevillian, a Goodrich, Michigan native, has appeared in 111 games, with 65 starts in her Hawkeye career, averaging 5.9 points per game on 34.6 percent 3-point shooting. Sanders, an Evansville, Indiana, native appeared in 61 games in her Hawkeye career and was a leader on and off the court.

Iowa earned the six seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face 11th-seeded Purdue on Wednesday, March 10. The game will tipoff 25 minutes after the conclusion of the previous game between Penn State and Michigan State that begins at 5:30 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on FS2.