After losing Caitlin Clark to the WNBA, Iowa has landed Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen, who was the No. 3 scorer in the nation last season.
Caitlin Clark gets a final chance to say goodbye to Iowa fans and reacts to being told her No. 22 jersey is being retired. Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Olsen averaged 23.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists this past season for the 22-13 Wildcats, who fell in the championship game of the WBIT to Illinois.
A Pennsylvania native, Olsen started all 105 games of her Villanova career. The Wildcats lost in the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 her sophomore year in 2023 and in the NCAA second round when she was a freshman. Olsen made 134 3-pointers at Villanova, including 55 this past season. Olsen is a good fit for Iowa. The Hawkeyes, who fell in the national championship game the past two seasons, are graduating four guards from this year's 34-5 team: Clark and Kate Martin , who were chosen in Monday's WNBA draft,
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