Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark once again rewrote the college basketball history books on Wednesday, registering her 3,000th career point among the 35 she scored to lead her Hawkeyes to a victory over in-state rivals Iowa State.
Clark becomes the 15th college women’s basketball player to score 3,000 points, and she is now the only player – men’s or women’s – to total 3,000+ points, 750+ rebounds, and 750+ assists.
Additionally, Clark is now 514 points behind Kelsey Plum’s NCAA women’s record of 3,527, which she set during a prolific career at the University of Washington.
With 20 regular season games remaining, Clark will need to average around 26 points per game to break the record – which is below her current 29.6 points per game pace. And that doesn’t even include postseason contests, making this a very likely outcome barring injury.
Clark’s prolific college career has made her a household name and helped lead to a meteoric rise in popularity for women’s college basketball – and her upcoming arrival in the WNBA will further expand the reach of women’s athletics which has grown considerably in the last few years.
Clark and Iowa will hit the road to play Wisconsin next on December 10 at 2:30 PM ET, and the game will be on the Big Ten Network.