MINNEAPOLIS — Friday was a rough 3-point shooting game for Iowa star Caitlin Clark, but she has had a great career from long range overall.
In the No. 2 seed Hawkeyes’ 95-62 victory over No. 7 Penn State in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals, Clark’s two 3-pointers gave her 164, the most ever in a season by a Division I player (women or men).
Clark passed Stephen Curry, who had 162 3-pointers at Davidson in 2007-08, and Darius McGhee, who had 162 last season for Liberty. Both Curry and McGhee did so in 36 games; Clark has played in 31 thus far for the 27-4 Hawkeyes.
It marked another record in a season full of them for Clark.
In Iowa’s final game of the regular season Sunday, she passed LSU’s Pete Maravich for most career points scored by a D-I player. On Friday, she reached the 3-point mark despite one of her least-memorable games shooting.
Clark missed 11 attempts from behind the arc before making her first with 8:41 left in the game. She held up her arms in mock celebration after that 3, drawing a big ovation from the…
