Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA scoring record
College basketball star Caitlin Clark set the new record in Iowa's defeat of Ohio State
What happened?
College basketball star Caitlin Clark set the new record as the NCAA all-time leading scorer in Iowa's 93-83 defeat of No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday. Clark's needed 18 points to beat the late Pete Maravich's 54-year-old record, 3,667 points, and she got 35. Clark passed Lynette Woodward as the top-scoring large-school women's player on Feb. 28 after beating Kelsey Plum's NCAA women's basketball record on Feb. 15. Clark ended her final regular season game as a Hawkeye with 3,685 points in 130 games.
Who said what?
Clark said she was honored "just to be in the same realm" as Maravich, Plum and Woodard, who "have just given so much to the game." "Records are made to be broken" and "honored," said Woodward, who was at Sunday's game. "Caitlin is leading the way" in "a great time for women's basketball."
What next?
Clark announced Feb. 29 that she is entering the 2024 WNBA draft after the postseason instead of playing a fifth year at Iowa.
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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