Caitlin Clark knew with Iowa’s final regular-season home game looming, it was time to make her decision about whether to enter the WNBA draft or stay in college for a fifth season.
That’s why Clark announced on Thursday that she would go to the WNBA at the end of the season, following four historic seasons with the Hawkeyes. The announcement came three days before the No. 6-ranked Hawkeyes host No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET (on FOX and the FOX Sports app).
“I think just going into Senior Night, having that decision clear not only for myself, but our fans, my teammates,” Clark said Friday. “I think that was super important, and honestly, just getting the weight of the world off my shoulders and being able to enjoy this last month with my teammates, I think is the biggest thing.”
Clark is nearing the end of a record-setting career with the Hawkeyes. She passed Kelsey Plum as the NCAA career scoring leader on Feb. 15, then passed Lynette Woodard as the career scoring leader in major college women’s basketball in Wednesday’s game against Minnesota. Clark, who has 3,650 career points, is closing in on Pete Maravich’s NCAA career scoring record of 3,667 points.
Clark had an additional year of eligibility that the NCAA granted to all players who played during the COVID-19…
