Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark made history as she became the all-time highest scorer in NCAA Women’s basketball surpassing former record-holder Kelsey Plum.
She scored 49 points in Iowa’s 106-89 win over Michigan taking her career tally to 3,528 points which toppled Plum’s 3,527 career points over 139 games at Washington from 2013-17.
It didn’t take long to cement her place in history. On Iowa’s fifth possession, with 7:48 on the first-quarter clock, after Clark had pushed the ball up in transition, she elevated from a place that only she seems to rise from. She converted the deep 3-pointer to become the NCAA women’s basketball all-time leading scorer with a total of 3,528 points.
“You all knew I was going to shoot a logo 3 for the record. Come on now,” Clark said after the game. She will now have her eyes set on another record.
Caitlin Clark eyes college basketball’s all-time leading scorer record
Caitlin Clark holds the men’s and women’s record for most games scoring at least 30 points (51) over the past 25 years and scored at least 40 on 11 occasions. But for now, she will be eyeing another set of records.
She is on pace to break Pete Maravich’s record of 3,667 points, set from 1967-70 when he played at LSU, toward the end of Iowa’s regular season. But the record that might matter even more to women’s basketball historians and junkies is 3,649.
That’s how many points Lynette Woodard, a Wichita native, scored when she played at Kansas from 1977-81. That was before the NCAA ran women’s college sports though, so Woodard’s record is in the AIWA record books instead of the NCAA record books.
For now, she will bask in the glory of her recent achievement as she continues to make history.
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