Caitlin Clark, the sniper for Iowa, broke yet another record on Friday night, solidifying her place in the annals of the greatest women’s college basketball players.
Clark, who entered the game averaging 32.3 points per game, surpassed the record for the most three-pointers made in a single NCAA Division-I season on Friday as the Hawkeyes defeated Penn State 95-62 in the Big Ten Tournament.
She broke the record set by NBA superstar Stephen Curry, who was a member of the Davidson College Wildcats in 2007–2008. Curry cashed in on 162 3-pointers that season and shared the record with Liberty University Flames’ Darius McGhee until Friday.
Clark had a chilly start to the game, missing her first 11 tries for a 3-pointer, but the 22-year-old standout bounced back and finished the game with 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Despite some struggles from the field, the star athlete still helped her Hawkeyes advance to the Big Ten semifinals where they will face off against Michigan on Saturday.
“Took me a while but that’s what makes it fun and you know some of the best shooters in the world they have you know off nights like that from referee point line, but they all felt good and that’s all you can ask,” Clark said after the game during her interview with Big Ten Network. “And you know, that’s amazing somebody that I grew up idolizing So, pretty cool moment.”
The projected No. 1 pick in the ESPN’s mock draft has been breaking records all season.
Just days ago, Clark became the all-time scoring leader in all of NCAA basketball history, surpassing Louisiana State legend “Pistol” Pete Maravich who set it in 1970.
Last month, she surpassed the NCAA women’s scoring record last month which was at 3,649 points.The same month, she also broke the women’s three-point record.
Her prolific scoring has contributed to having sold-out crowds at nearly every Iowa basketball game.
She announced plans late last month that she will depart from the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA draft. In response, Iowa Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R) called her plan “sad news” for Iowa fans.
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