Caitlin Clark stepped up to the foul line all alone and made the shots that moved her to a singular position: atop the all-time scoring chart in NCAA Division I basketball.
The flash and pizzazz of her game have made her the biggest name in all of college hoops. Yet it was two free throws after a technical foul that pushed Clark past late LSU men’s legend Pete Maravich’s 54-year-old record in No. 6 Iowa’s 93-83 home win over No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday afternoon.
Clark entered the game in Iowa City needing 18 points to pass Maravich’s total of 3,667, amassed in just 83 games over three seasons at LSU (1967-70). She finished with 35 to run her total to 3,685 in 130 games.
Maravich’s mark fell four days after Clark broke Lynette Woodard’s major college women’s record when she scored 33 points at Minnesota.
“Just to be in the same realm of all these players who have been so successful, whether it’s Pete or Kelsey Plum or Lynette Woodard — all these people have just given so much to the game,” Clark said. “Hopefully somebody comes after me and breaks my records and I can be there supporting them.”