The Iowa State women’s basketball team’s week began full of opportunities. The Cyclones, who had two ranked opponents on their schedule within four days, had a great chance to pick up a much-needed resume-building victory and possibly move off the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Iowa women's basketball scored a monster upset of No. 4 USC. Social media reacted to the big day for the Hawks.

Fans were anxiously awaiting Caitlin Clark's No. 22 jersey retirement following the contest, but they got what they wished for beforehand, too. Iowa jumped in front of USC thanks to stifling defense early on,