Caitlin Clark has etched her name into nearly every corner of the college basketball history books.
The all-time scoring champion, Wooden Award and Naismith Award winner, three-time Big Ten champion, and three-time AP All-American has dominated the sport in her four seasons at Iowa.
She’s scheduled for one more NCAA Tournament run before she concludes her collegiate career and enters the WNBA Draft. Clark can earn that coveted national championship as the icing on top of an already illustrious career.
As Clark aims for the national title, she can also surpass 4,000 points — a feat no one has accomplished in history. Already the overall scoring champion, she can pad her total in each game during the Big Dance.
Here’s how Clark can hit the 4,000-point mark en route to a national championship.
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How many points does Caitlin Clark need to reach 4,000?
Clark broke the overall all-time scoring record that Pete Maravich set in 1970 at LSU and is continuing to add cushion to her new record.
She’s up to 3,771 points with the NCAA Tournament remaining in her Iowa career. The most games she could play in the Big Dance is six: the round of 64, round of 32, Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, and…