Iowa senior guard Caitlin Clark got her 13th career triple-double Thursday as the No. 4 Hawkeyes finished their non-conference schedule with a 98-69 victory over Loyola Chicago at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
Clark, the Division I scoring leader this season (30.5 PPG) and No. 1 in ESPN.com’s recent Top 25 players ranking, had 35 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists. It is her third triple-double with at least 35 points; there are only four other such games in Division I women’s basketball history.
It was the second triple-double in Division I women’s history with at least 35 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. The other was by LSU’s Cornelia Gayden in 1995. The all-time Division I leader in triple-doubles is Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu, who had 26 from 2016-2020.
Clark also moved into seventh place on the NCAA all-time scoring list as she now has 3,114 points. With her performance Thursday, she passed Minnesota’s Rachel Banham (3,093 points from 2011-2016) and Florida International’s Jerica Coley (3,107 from 2010-2014).
With two more points, Clark…
