On Feb. 15, Iowa senior Caitlin Clark scored a career-high and program-record 49 factors to break Kelsey Plum’s document for many profession factors in girls’s NCAA historical past. The 6-foot-0 guard scored the record-breaking factors on — what else? — a emblem 3-pointer from 30 ft.
Clark scored or assisted on 79 factors in that 106-89 victory, probably the most in any recreation by any Division I participant over the past 25 seasons, in response to ESPN Stats & Info.
And the reigning nationwide participant of the yr won’t be carried out etching her title within the document books.
Clark may break Pete Maravich’s mark (3,667) for many profession factors in Division I historical past for women and men. And he or she may cross Lynette Woodard, who holds the AIAW major-college document with 3,649 factors, set simply earlier than the NCAA period.
We’re monitoring all of Clark’s milestones in the course of the 2023-24 season. By means of Thursday’s recreation, Clark is averaging 32.1 factors per recreation this season and is 51 factors shy of breaking Maravich’s document. For her profession, Clark has:
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53 30-point video games (together with 16 this season), probably the most by a Division I participant up to now 25 seasons
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16 triple-doubles (together with 5 this season), which ranks second in D-I historical past behind Sabrina Ionescu (26)
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12 40-point video games (together with 4 this season), probably the most by any D-I participant over the previous 25 seasons
Examine again usually as we’ll replace Clark’s numbers each time Iowa performs.
All stats up to date by way of Feb. 25.
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Caitlin Clark calls decal signifying document shot ‘tremendous particular’
Caitlin Clark reacts to the “22 Clark” decal on Iowa’s courtroom within the spot the place she hit her record-breaking shot to change into the all-time main girls’s basketball scorer.
Catching Plum
Plum closed her faculty profession at Washington with 3,527 factors, a document that stood till Feb. 15, when Clark took over the ladies’s NCAA Division I scoring document. This is a have a look at the highest 10:
1. Caitlin Clark, Iowa (2020-2024): 3,617
2. Kelsey Plum, Washington (2013-2017): 3,527
3. Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State (2014-2018): 3,402
4. Jackie Stiles, Missouri State (1997-2001): 3,393
5. Brittney Griner, Baylor (2009-2013): 3,283
6. Dyaisha Truthful, Buffalo/Syracuse (2019-2024): 3,279
7. Patricia Hoskins, Mississippi Valley State (1985-1989): 3,122
8. Lorri Baumann, Drake (1980-1984): 3,115
9. Jerica Coley, FIU (2010-2014): 3,107
10. Rachel Banham, Minnesota (2011-2016): 3,093
Is Maravich subsequent?
She is a cultural phenomenon not like something we have seen in basketball, and we cannot see anybody like @CaitlinClark22 once more… pic.twitter.com/e2tYChzzfx
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) February 17, 2024
Extra on Clark
Clark makes ‘extraordinary look routine,’ raises commonplace for subsequent technology
Clark makes the extraordinary look routine and raises the usual for the following technology, ESPN’s Andrea Adelson writes. Her legacy? Setting a document that can be damaged.
With girls’s document in hand, Clark takes purpose at Maravich’s mark
Having surpassed Plum, Clark is closing in on Maravich’s Division I document of three,667 factors. And the Iowa senior would possibly quickly maintain the document for women and men, ESPN’s Kevin Pelton writes.
When does Iowa play subsequent?
Subsequent recreation: Wednesday, Feb 28 at Minnesota, 9 p.m. ET
A have a look at the Hawkeyes’ schedule, with Clark’s line rating from every recreation.
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Caitlin Clark places up 24 factors in No. 4 Iowa’s loss
Caitlin Clark places up 24 factors for Iowa, nevertheless it’s not sufficient in a loss to Indiana.
Current information
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Caitlin Clark’s journey to taking the scoring crown
Take a look at Iowa star Caitlin Clark’s journey to turning into the all-time main scorer in girls’s faculty basketball.
What different information is Clark closing in on?
Most profession factors per recreation
Clark’s profession scoring common is on tempo to be the second-most by a participant in Division I historical past (minimal 1,500 factors).
Patricia Hoskins, Mississippi Valley State (1985-1989): 28.4 PPG
Caitlin Clark, Iowa (2020-2024): 28.2 PPG
Sandra Hodge, New Orleans (1980-1984): 26.7 PPG
Elena Delle Donne, Delaware (2009-2013): 26.7 PPG
Jackie Stiles, Missouri State (1997-2001): 26.3 PPG
Most factors in a season
Clark’s scoring common has improved every season. She scored 799 factors in 30 video games as a freshman (26.6 PPG) and 863 factors in 32 video games (27.0 PPG) as a sophomore. As a junior final season, Clark tallied 1,055 factors over 38 video games (27.8 PPG). Clark may set the Division I single-season factors document as a senior. She has 900 factors this season.
2016-17, Kelsey Plum, Washington: 1,109
2022-23, Maddy Siegrist, Villanova: 1,081
2000-01, Jackie Stiles, Missouri State: 1,062
2022-23, Caitlin Clark, Iowa: 1,055
Hottest ticket on the town — at residence or on the highway
$1,000 flooring seats and sellout crowds: Contained in the Caitlin Clark highway present
Lengthy traces, sellout crowds and further safety are anticipated each time Clark and the Hawkeyes go away Iowa Metropolis, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg writes. “There’s a bit of bit greater than a basketball recreation occurring. This looks like an occasion,” mentioned an administrator at Northwestern, the place some followers lined up and waited in line for over seven hours to get the perfect seat to see Clark play.
There have been some nice offensive gamers in WCBB the final 20 years (Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, EDD, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum). I consider @CaitlinClark22 is the perfect participant on the offensive finish since Diana Taurasi. pic.twitter.com/mlPQHmypms
— Rebecca Lobo (@RebeccaLobo) January 8, 2024
Extra Clark milestones?
Earlier than Thursday’s career-high 49 factors, Clark’s earlier excessive was 46 factors in a recreation her sophomore season Feb. 6, 2022. Clark scored 44 factors in Iowa’s win over Virginia Tech final November and 45 in an extra time loss to Ohio State on Jan. 21. On Thursday, she shot 16-for-31 from the sphere, 9-for-18 on 3-pointers and hit all eight of her free throw makes an attempt in opposition to Michigan.
Moreover, for her profession, Clark:
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is the one participant since she entered faculty basketball in 2020-21 to have a 35-point, 10-assist recreation; Clark has carried out it 10 occasions
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is the primary participant in D-I historical past to have 3,000 profession factors and 1,000 profession assists
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is the primary D-I girls’s participant up to now 25 years to attain 40 factors and hit a successful buzzer-beater in the identical recreation
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is the second D-I girls’s participant up to now 25 years to attain a minimum of 35 factors in 4 consecutive video games
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is the primary participant in D-I historical past with 900 factors and 300 assists in a season
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is the primary participant in D-I historical past with 3,000 factors, 750 rebounds and 750 assists
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led Division I in assists per recreation in every of the previous two seasons
Clark projected as No. 1 WNBA draft choose, however …
WNBA mock draft: Clark is No. 1 — if she declares
The Indiana Fever received the WNBA draft lottery in December, and Clark is the projected No. 1 total choose in ESPN’s mock draft on Feb. 22.
Clark turned 22 in January and is eligible for the April 15 draft. Nevertheless, Clark — and the remainder of this yr’s faculty seniors — may return for a fifth NCAA season in 2024-25 due to the COVID-19 waiver. And Clark has mentioned she possible will not decide on declaring for the draft till Iowa’s season ends. (Gamers have 48 hours following the conclusion of their closing recreation of the season to declare for the draft.)
“I feel it is similar to my faculty choice. It is like I am within the recruiting course of once more,” she mentioned. “The largest factor is I am simply going to belief my intestine.”
If @CaitlinClark22 will get drafted to the @IndianaFever this summer time, I consider she is going to put up MVP-caliber numbers as a rookie. Whereas her opponents can be at a distinct talent degree than in faculty, her teammates can be at one other degree as nicely. Her recreation interprets.
— Rebecca Lobo (@RebeccaLobo) February 4, 2024