CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Caitlin Clark became Iowa‘s all-time career scoring leader and finished with the 12th triple-double of her career as the No. 3 Hawkeyes beat Northern Iowa 94-53 on Sunday.
Clark had 24 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, joining Sabrina Ionescu as the only NCAA Division I players to record triple-doubles in four different seasons.
Gabbie Marshall had 17 points and Hannah Stuelke added 16 for the Hawkeyes (3-0), who were coming off an 80-76 win over No. 8 Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
The Hawkeyes could be No. 1 in the Associated Press poll Monday with the losses by No. 1 LSU and No. 2 UConn this week, but they didn’t want to think about that after this win.
“We’ll see,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. “It really doesn’t matter if we are or not. It’s a long year. What are we this week? Three? That’s darn good too.”
“I think it was a good [week], it gets you off on the right note,” Clark said. “But our group is mature enough to know this is just the starting block.”
Clark, the reigning national Player of the Year and a unanimous Associated Press preseason All-American, now has 2,813 career points, passing Megan Gustafson, who scored 2,804 points from 2015 to 2019. Luka Garza is the school’s men’s leader in scoring…
