A century before Caitlin Clark, 6-on-6 basketball players in Iowa were blazing trail for her
Associated PressImagine Iowa star Caitlin Clark playing a basketball game where the rules allowed her just two dribbles before she had to pass or shoot and it was illegal for her to cross the half-court line. Every game the gym was full.” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder, associate head coach Jan Jensen and assistant Jenni Fitzgerald grew up playing 6-on-6 and Clark regularly gives a nod to her forebears in the sport. “When I hear from a lot of people that played basketball, whether it was 6-on-6 however many years ago, I think they’re blown away at where women’s basketball is now and the platform we get to play on,” Clark said. “Just scoring and focusing on the shooting aspect, that would have been right up her alley.” Special rules for 6 vs. 6 Iowa high schools could choose to play 5-on-5 beginning in 1984, but many small schools kept playing 6-on-6 until 1993, only 23 years before Clark’s freshman year at Dowling Catholic High in West Des Moines. “I was disappointed and a little sad when Iowa girls 6-on-6 basketball came to an end,” she said.
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Associated PressCaitlin Clark of Iowa breaks the NCAA women’s career scoring record with a signature ‘logo 3'
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Iowa star Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s basketball all-time scoring record
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Why there's a basketball fan frenzy over Iowa's Caitlin Clark
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Associated PressCaitlin Clark accidentally knocked down by Ohio State fan running on court to celebrate win
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Associated PressClark’s triple-double highlights game at Kinnick. Women’s basketball record crowd of 55,646 shows up
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Caitlin Clark and Iowa women’s basketball set attendance record with game at Kinnick Stadium
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Iowa women’s basketball player Caitlin Clark hailed as ‘electrifying’ after making NCAA history
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