It is hard to argue that anyone has had a better last few days in all of basketball, let alone women’s college basketball than those of Caitlin Clark. The Iowa Hawkeyes’ point guard made national headlines breaking the all-time NCAA women’s scoring record with a three from the logo.
The historic night featured Clark setting a career-high with 49 points as the Hawkeyes’ had a strong showing in the win over the Michigan wolverines. Her performance in that game and breaking the record earned her the title of ESPN’s women’s college basketball player of the week.
Clark needed eight points to become the NCAA women’s hoops scoring leader Thursday vs. Michigan — she got 41 more than that. Her 49-point, 13-assist, 5-rebound performance was an unforgettable way to set the career scoring mark. She also set the Iowa single-game record. With Clark now at 3,569 points, AIAW large-school leader Lynette Woodard (3,649) and NCAA men’s leader Pete Maravich (3,667) are within sight. – Michael Voepel, ESPN
As mentioned, Caitlin Clark is within reach of the all-time NCAA record and the historic record held by Lynette Woodard. With just four regular season games remaining, Clark needs only 81 points to pass Woodard, a feat that could happen soon with the way she can score quickly.
To pass Maravich, Clark would need 99 points which is also rather attainable if she continues to have games that are even average for her expectations.
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