Caitlin Clark has collected more points than any other player in NCAA women’s basketball history. That didn’t mean she has finished climbing the charts.
Clark, who has logged 3,668 career points, set herself apart again as the most prolific scorer in the sport — men’s or women’s basketball. The Iowa senior guard passed men’s scoring record-holder Pete Maravich on Sunday by hitting a pair of free throws near the end of the first half against Ohio State in front of a sell-out crowd. She recently broke former Washington guard Kelsey Plum’s record of 3,527 points, so she’ll appear at the top of the NCAA record book for that.
Though she won’t technically break these records, her point accumulation to move past Maravich (3,667 points), the former LSU great, and she also recently passed AIAW large-college record-holder Lynette Woodard (3,649 points) last week. She’s still a ways off AIAW small-college leader Pearl Moore’s total (4,061), but Clark’s scoring has enthralled sports fans this season.
Clark needed only 18 points to surpass Pistol Pete, who set the men’s record in 1970. He averaged an astounding 44.2 points per game and reached this feat in only three seasons of competition (freshmen couldn’t play varsity) and without a 3-point line.
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