By Richard Deitsch, Scott Dochterman and Lauren Merola
Caitlin Clark is a meager eight points shy of the NCAA women’s all-time scoring record. The senior guard has 3,520 career points after scoring 31 in Iowa’s most recent game Sunday, putting her on the cusp of breaking former Washington star Kelsey Plum’s record of 3,527.
Coincidently, the eight points Clark needs would match her career low in points scored in a college basketball game. Her only single-digit performance in 125 career games came as a freshman against Northwestern on Jan. 9, 2021. Barring any abnormalities, then, Clark will break the record at some point during Thursday’s game, when No. 4 Iowa plays Michigan.
The game tips at 8 p.m. ET at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. And it will be streamed exclusively on Peacock, the NBC streaming app.
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Clark’s performances have become appointment viewing: Iowa’s game against Ohio State, broadcast on NBC on Jan. 21, was the most-watched regular-season women’s basketball game since 2010 (1.93 million viewers). Fox’s Super Bowl Sunday telecast of Iowa-Nebraska garnered 1.77 million viewers, making it the most-watched women’s basketball game in the history of Fox Sports…
