I’m not quite prepared to say she’s the best shooter. She was 14-34 against MSU.
Point taken. But I would suggest that it’s not Clark’s “shooting ability” which is exceptional, but more accurately her “shot selection” which is not always the best. Clearly, Clark has the green light from her HC to take over the game and shoot the ball whenever she wants. I have seen several games where she starts to press, maybe stops looking for her teammates and starts firing away with shots that are questionable, even for Clark.
Last year against UConn, with Nika stalking her all over the court was one such game. In the 2nd half of the finals against LSU was another and, as you point out, the MSU game was yet another. But a volume shooter like Clark has to keep shooting, and that’s what she did, hitting the game winner over MSU.
Now, let’s contrast Clark’s role with Iowa with Paige’s role with UConn. Jim Flanery said it best, comparing Clark and Paige when he commented that Clark has the ball in her hands more and takes more shots, while describing Paige as “extremely efficient.” I have said before that I would take Paige over Clark, but if we could do a “time-space continuum” it would be interesting to see how Paige’s game would have developed at Iowa and Clark’s at UConn.