NCAA Basketball: Iowa Hawkeyes Caitlin Clark's Boyfriend Reacts to Epic Triple-Double vs. DePaul
By Jeremiah SantosThe Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball star Caitlin Clark performed magnificently in front of a record 55,646 fans at the Kinnick Stadium against the DePaul Blue Demons on Sunday, October 15.
The 21-year-old scored a game-high 34 points alongside a remarkable triple-double, adding 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Clark's standout display from her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, who expressed his admiration on Instagram.
McCaffery, a former Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball player, shared a video of the event from his perspective in the stadium, tagging his partner's account and accompanying it with a series of fire emojis.
Iowa exhibition match-up, 94-72, which set a new attendance record for women's basketball.
What a day.
— Iowa Women's Basketball (@IowaWBB)
The Hawkeyes' 2023-24 season is set to begin with a game against Fairleigh Dickinson on Monday, November 6.
Connor McCaffery played for Iowa
McCaffery's tenure with the Hawkeyes spanned six seasons, , longtime Iowa coach Fran McCaffery, from 2017 to 2023.
Notably, the 25-year-old former guard boasts an impressive career assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.59, comprising 527 assists and 147 turnovers, making it the second-best in NCAA history.
At the end of last May, McCaffery joined the coaching staff for the Indiana Pacers.
As a new assistant coach, assisting with the scout team, contributing to film analysis, and supporting the Pacers coaching staff with any other necessary tasks.