Iowa star Caitlin Clark has officially broken the all-time NCAA women’s scoring record, and she did so in extraordinary fashion. Clark scored a career-best 49 points during her record-setting night, making Iowa’s 106-89 win against Michigan on Thursday one to remember.
Clark ended Thursday’s game with 3,569 career points, and she’ll surely add a bunch more to that total over the rest of the season.
“I’m just really grateful. Thankful for everyone who came out tonight and supports our team night in and night out,” Clark told the crowd after the game. “This wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for these girls standing right here, my coaches. My family is over here. They let me be me every single day, and I’m just lucky I get to wear ‘Iowa’ on my chest and Coach [Lisa] Bluder lets me be Caitlin.
“I’m just really grateful, but we got a lot more winning to do, so let’s go!”
The previous NCAA women’s scoring record was 3,527 points, which two-time WNBA champion Kelsey Plum tallied during her time playing with the Washington Huskies. Clark was just eight points shy of the record before Thursday.
The history-making bucket occurred just 2:12 seconds into the game. It arrived in the most Caitlin Clark way…
