Is Paige Bueckers 0-4 in collegiate and WNBA games that match her up against Caitlin Clark, as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: Bueckers and the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated Clark and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes 92-72 in the 2021 NCAA tournament. At the time the claim was posted, Clark and the Indiana Fever had just defeated Bueckers and the Dallas Wings in the first professional game between the two star players.
The claim appeared in a July 13, 2025 X post (archived here) where it was published on the @DustyBottoms04 account under the title "Fun fact:". It opened:
Paige Bueckers is 0-4 vs Caitlin Clark in college and the pros.
This is what the post looked like on X at the time this fact check was written:
(Source: Screenshot made by Lead Stories of @DustyBottoms04 post on X.com)
Multiple online statistical collections (archived here) show UConn defeated Iowa in the 2021 NCAA tournament, (archived here) when the two guards were freshmen at their respective schools.
As ESPN's game summary (archived here) shows, the Sweet Sixteen round game went to UConn, with Bueckers' performance highlighted:
(Source: Screenshot made by Lead Stories of ESPN.com web page)
Readers interested in more Lead Stories fact checks about Caitlin Clark will find a collection here.
