It may not have been in the glamorous fashion that Caitlin Clark envisioned, but she and her Iowa Hawkeyes delivered on what a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena paid record prices to see: Clark surpassed Pete Maravich as the all-time leading scorer in men’s or women’s college basketball and Iowa bested No. 2 Ohio State 93-83.
Just two points from Maravich’s mark, Clark looked to claim the record in style, winding down the shot clock before stepping into a distant three just a few feet inside the mid-court stripe. As such, Clark ultimately compromised with history, drilling a pair of free throws after a Cotie McMahon technical foul. She would continue a memorable afternoon to lead Iowa with 35 points, nine assists and six assists.
Achieving this history before halftime seemed like a pipe dream for the Hawkeye sensation through the opening 10 minutes, however, as Ohio State was effective in keeping Clark out of the score column. She scored just six points on 2-7 shooting in the first quarter, but Clark’s incisive passing has highlighted her deadly supporting cast, as six different Hawkeyes scored in that stretch and a 8-13 start gave Iowa an early 25-10 lead. Ohio State used some opportunistic defense to force 10 first-half turnovers slim that 15-point deficit as low as four,…
