For her standards, Caitlin Clark didn’t need much in the scoring column on Wednesday night to cement herself as the Big Ten’s all-time leading scorer and to vault into No. 2 on the all-time scoring list.
Trailing Missouri State’s Jackie Stiles by four points and Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell by 13 on the all-time scoring list entering the night, Clark’s second 3-pointer of the first quarter sent her past Stiles’ 3,393 career points.
Then, with a layup midway through the second quarter, Clark surpassed Mitchell’s 3,402 points.
By night’s end, Clark had 35 points on 11-of-22 shooting from inside Welsh-Ryan Arena in an impressive 110-74 Iowa victory over Northwestern. She secured her 54th career double-double as she added 10 assists as well.
Clark now has 3,424 career points, trailing Washington great Kelsey Plum’s all-time scoring record mark of 3,527 points by a measly 103 points.
“The coolest thing is just the names I get to be around. Those are people I grew up watching, especially Brittney Griner, Kelsey Mitchell, those are really, really good players, people that are still playing our game at the very highest level, people that you watch night in and night out. Just special for me to be in the same area as them,” Clark said afterwards.
As Clark made more history, social media once again marveled at what the 6-foot superstar from West Des Moines is doing in the sport of women’s basketball.