David Letterman’s Netflix show “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” was named for guests like Caitlin Clark. In Tuesday’s episode, the Indiana Fever star told the legendary talk show host about an iconic 2021 practice that has since become known as “The Scrimmage.”
Playing against the team’s practice squad of men, Clark told Letterman her Hawkeyes were down 15 points when she began to cut into the deficit single-handedly.
“So we make a couple 3s, we cut it to like 10, maybe, I don’t even know,” she said before Letterman wittingly asked if “we” was referring to just Clark.
“It was me, but the points went to the Iowa Hawkeyes,” Clark answered with a laugh as the live crowd at Ball State erupted. “So I think I had 22 points in two minutes, was the moral of the story,” she continued, setting off another round of rapturous laughs from Letterman and the crowd.
Stories from the scrimmage were first detailed by ESPN in 2024 and footage of the practice was later shared by Iowa director of player development Kathryn Reynolds.
Wright was right about the scrimmage scoring barrage. Remember this one @CaitlinClark22? https://t.co/FrFEj8g8ay pic.twitter.com/FnShb2yrjj
— Kathryn Reynolds (@KCReynolds8) March 22, 2024
Clark initially downplayed the performance to…
