Iowa's Gabbie Marshall Talks Controversial UConn Foul, Says She Deleted Social Media

After a controversial offensive foul on UConn's Aaliyah Edwards helped Iowa seal a trip to the national championship Friday night, Hawkeyes guard Gabbie Marshall, who drew the foul, said she has received hate comments following the game.

"I've gotten a lot of hate comments," Marshall said, per ESPN's Andrea Adelson. "I don't know. I'm not the one that made the call. So I'm not sure why they're mad at me personally."

Marshall said she had to go as far as deleting social media as the comments came in. She also spoke candidly about how conversations about the foul have taken away from her and her teammates' performances.

"I've deleted social media," Marshall said. "I feel like it just kind of overlooked the fact that I played my butt off the whole game trying to guard her, trying to get over screens the whole game and feel like that one play just consumed everything. That's all anyone's talking about. They're not talking about the fact that it was a great game between two great teams."

Marshall had an outstanding game in the 71-69 win. She had five points and five rebounds, but her biggest contribution was her defense against UConn star Paige Bueckers, who Marshall held to her lowest scoring total of the tournament.

The offensive foul Marshall drew in the final seconds of the game will certainly be a point of conversation, but Iowa is now hoping the attention will shift to an exciting matchup between the Hawkeyes and South Carolina on Sunday.