Kelsey Plum’s scoring record lives on for another day.
Caitlin Clark entered Thursday’s game against Penn State 66 points behind Plum as the all-time scoring leader in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. Although the Hawkeyes put up 111 points on 52.9 percent shooting, only 27 came from Clark, leaving her in second place until at least Sunday.
A 66-point effort would have been historic in more ways than one, but it was too tall of an order for Clark on this occasion. Sixty-six is 20 more than her career-high of 46, previously set in a loss to Michigan on Feb. 6, 2022. It is five points more than the NCAA Division I single-game scoring record, held by Ayoka Lee, who put up 61 points on Jan. 23, 2022 against Oklahoma. That total is also nine points more than the 57 Plum scored on the night she broke what was then Jackie Stiles’ scoring record seven years ago.
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In her career, Clark’s best scoring outputs haven’t coincided with team success for the Hawkeyes. Iowa has lost during Clark’s three highest-scoring games, and the reigning Big Ten tournament champions were probably happy enough to secure the 111-93 win instead of watching Clark chase an individual mark.
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