History was made in the third quarter of the No. 4 Iowa Hawkeyes‘ 67-58 win over the Iowa State Cyclones on Wednesday night. Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark became the 15th player in Division I women’s basketball history to reach 3,000 points.
She reached the milestone in just 110 games, the second fastest among the 15 women behind Mississippi Valley State’s Patricia Hoskins.
Clark, a native of West Des Moines, Iowa, etched her name into the record books when she cashed in on her fifth 3-pointer of the game.
With the bucket, she also became the first player in Division I history, women’s or men’s, with at least 3,000 points, 750 rebounds and 750 assists.
Here are some notable numbers from Clark’s historic night.
20: She needed 22 points to reach 3,000 points heading into the game and by reaching the mark in the third quarter, she had her 20th straight 20-point game dating back to last season. That is tied for the second-longest streak by a Division I player over the past 25 seasons.
Three: Clark is the third player in Big Ten history to have 3,000 career points, trailing Rachel Banham (3,093) in 2012-16 and Kelsey Mitchell (3,402) in 2015-18.
14: The reigning national player of the year has gotten quite familiar with…
