Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark breaks Kelsey Plum's NCAA scoring record

The record is hers: Iowa star Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA scoring mark

EIGHT NEWS AT TEN STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE’RE COVERED BY GABBY MARSHALL. HERE COMES CLARKE. HOW WILL SHE GO FOR HISTORY? THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL. I’M SOMEBODY THAT HAS REALLY BIG DREAMS, GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS. BUT I THINK TO, LIKE, PUT IT ON THIS LEVEL AND LIKE THIS MAGNITUDE, LIKE THAT WOULD BE CRAZY FOR ME TO SAY. I THINK THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. IT’S SUPER COOL THAT IT’S HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOL, THAT WE GET TO WATCH IT. I LOVE WATCHING HER AND I LOVE WHEN SHE HITS LIKE A DEEP. THE DEEPER DEEP THREES AND THAT JUST MAKES THE CROWD A LOT. AND I LIKE THAT PART. OH, I’VE GOT CHILLS. THAT WAS SO GREAT. HISTORY IS MADE IN IOWA CITY TONIGHT. A BIG NIGHT FOR THE HAWKEYES. AND SUPERSTAR CAITLIN CLARK. THE SENSATION. SENIOR SCORED 49 POINTS AGAINST MICHIGAN. BREDA HER CAREER HIGH. SHE NOW TAKES THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN THE NCAA SCORING RECORD, DOMINATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET BY KELSEY PLUM. OKAY, SO CLARK’S CAREER SCORING TOTAL NOW 3569 POINTS. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, NUMBER FOUR IOWA DEFEATS MICHIGAN AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA TONIGHT. THE CAITLIN CLARK EFFECT IS INFECTIOUS AS HAWKEYE FANS ARE GOING CRAZY FOR THE SENIORS. HISTORIC BASKETBALL CAREER. NOT ONLY IS SHE GETTING SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT HOME, BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ��vlog HAS LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM CARVER HAWKEYE ARENA. TONIGHT WE’LL START THINGS OFF WITH SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER SCOTT. WHAT AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT. IT WAS AMAZING. TO BE HERE IN WITNESS HISTORY ON THIS COURT AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, SAVE FOR POSSIBLY UPSETTING SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE FINAL FOUR IN DALLAS LAST MARCH. BUT THIS HAPPENED HERE. BIGGEST NIGHT IN THIS BUILDING, BAR NONE. IT WASN’T A MATTER OF IF CAITLIN CLARK WOULD GET THOSE EIGHT POINTS. ONLY A MATTER OF WHEN SHE WOULD GET THOSE, AND SHE CAME OUT SWINGING AFTER THAT LOSS TO NEBRASKA. STARTED WITH A QUICK THREE, A DRIVE, AND THEN HERE IS THE HISTORY. AND THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD HAVE DONE IT. THAT LOGO THREE. SHE GOT HER EIGHTH POINT IN THE RECORD JUST TWO MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS INTO THE NIGHT. WE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT ANGLES FOR YOU HERE. AS YOU SEE THE PLACE ERUPTED. I MEAN, LOOK AT THE RANGE SIGNATURE. CLARK, WHAT A MOMENT. HER PATENTED LOGO THREE. HER HIGH SCHOOL COACH AT DALZELL AND KRISTEN MEYER WAS HERE IN THE BUILDING, TOLD ME BEFORE THE GAME THAT CAITLIN WOULD GET A CAREER HIGH. SHE CALLED IT, AND MEYER WAS RIGHT. THE FIRST QUARTER JAW DROPPING. SHE JUST KEPT ON TAKING AND MAKING LOGOS. HER FIRST QUARTER STATS 23 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER SHOT FIVE OF SEVEN FROM THREE. IN THE FIRST QUARTER, SHE WAS ON PACE FOR 92 POINTS AT THIS. OF COURSE, SHE DIDN’T GET THAT. SHE SLOWED DOWN A BIT AFTER THAT, BUT NOT BY MUCH. I WILL LET MICHIGAN BIG ALL NIGHT, AND WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME, SHE HAD 46. HOW ABOUT ONE MORE? HER NINTH THREE OF THE GAME? BOONE IT. SHE WAS NINE OF 18 FROM THREE, FINISHED WITH 49 POINTS, 13 ASSISTS, FIVE REBOUNDS, SHOT, 16 OF 31 OVERALL, 49 POINTS. BLUDER TOOK HER OUT FOR AN OVATION WITH ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. OTHERWISE SHE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE IOWA WON 106 89. THEN IT WAS TIME TO CELEBRATE. AFTER THEY JUMPED AROUND, THINGS GOT EMOTIONAL AS A VIDEO TRIBUTE PLAYED. CLARKE TEARED UP AS HER FAMILY AND TEAMMATES AND COACHES THE RECORDED MESSAGES THAT PLAYED OVER THE BIG BOARD HERE AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. CAITLIN SOAKED IT ALL IN AND- THEN CONFETTI CAME DOWN HERD- TEAMMATES PICKED HER UP SO CELEBRATING HER UP IN THE AIR. AN AMAZING MOMENT THAT NO ONE HERE WILL EVER FORGET. ESPECIALLY THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR, CAITLIN CLARK, THE NEW ALL TIME SCORING LEADER. MY SHOT JUST FELT GOOD, SO I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE KIND OF ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS AND KIND OF PLAYED WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE PEP IN MY STEP. AND, UM, I KNEW THAT’S WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDED. AFTER COMING OFF OF COMING OFF OF A LOSS AND, UM, JUST JUST LUCKY, LIKE MY TEAMMATES. I’M JUST SO THANKFUL THEY LET ME BE ME AND I WOULDN’T BE WHERE I AM IF IT WASN’T FOR THEM. SO, UM. YEAH, I’M JUST JUST REALLY THANKFUL. I’M JUST FILLED WITH SO MUCH GRATITUDE AND LOVE AND, UM, THE WAY THESE FANS SUPPORT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IS SO MUCH SPECIAL IS SO SPECIAL. AND, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU ALL KNEW I WAS GOING TO SHOOT A LOGO. THREE FOR THE RECORD. COME ON NOW. YES, THE EYES OF THE BASKETBALL UNIVERSE SAW HER MAKE THAT. YOU KNEW SHE WOULD DO IT RIGHT. AN AMAZING ENVIRONMENT HERE. FANS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, MEDIA FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. BEAU BOWMAN RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT. BO JOINING US NOW. AND THIS WAS HISTORY THAT SO MANY GOT TO WITNESS. BO. YEAH. SCOTT, THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH ANTICIPATION, SO MUCH BUZZ, SO MUCH HYPE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT. AND IT’S RARE IN THE WORLD THAT ALL THAT HYPE LIVES UP TO THE ACTUAL MOMENT. BUT TONIGHT, IT DEFINITELY DID. FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, FANS LINED UP OUTSIDE CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. WONDERFUL. JUST TO SEE WHAT CAITLIN’S. DONE FOR THE SPORT. WAITING TO GET IN AND WITNESS HISTORY. OH, IT WAS WICKED. HONESTLY. LIKE, OH MY GOD, LIKE I BLEW MY MIND. IT WAS AMAZING AND IT WAS DEAFENING. IT WAS SO LOUD. EXPLODED. YEAH, I THINK THAT’S THE LOUDEST I’VE EVER HEARD IT. CAITLIN CLARKE PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR THOSE WHO TRAVELED FROM FAR AND WIDE WITH 23 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, CARVER EXPLODED OVER AND OVER. WOMEN BASKETBALL’S ALL TIME LEADING SCORER, CLAIMING HER CROWN WITH AUTHORITY. ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVE ADMIRED HER FOR YEARS LEFT SPEECHLESS WITH EACH THREE. IT WAS REALLY COIN. SHE DOES SHOTS FROM LIKE EVERYWHERE WHERE IT’S LIKE YOU KILL HER SOMEWHERE TO SHOOT FROM AND SHE’S PROBABLY GONNA DO IT. YEAH, AND EACH HAWKEYE HERE THURSDAY NIGHT LEFT WITH A MEMORY. THEY WON’T FORGET. IT WAS ELECTRIC. IT WAS SUPER LOUD. EVERYONE JUMPING UP, CLAPPING. I MEAN, DEAFENING IN A WORD, CRAZY. I STILL HAVE ADRENALINE FROM IT. IT’S CRAZY. CANADA HAVE DRAWN IT UP. ANY BETTER. WITH ALL THE RECORD SHE HIT TONIGHT. NOT JUST THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY, BUT THE PROGRAM SCORER. 49 POINTS TONIGHT IN CARVER HAWKEYE ARENA. A CAREER HIGH AS WELL. JUST COULDN’T HAVE DRAWN IT UP ANY BETTER. COACH BLUDER SAID THAT AS WELL. SCOTT. BO YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. SIMPLY SENSATIONAL AND THE DOWLING COACHES SHE HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL GOT TICKETS. JAN JANSEN, ASSISTANT COACH AT IOWA, SURPRISED THEM. SO THEY WERE HERE. AND YOU LOOK BACK AT HER DAYS AT DOWLING WHERE SHE JUST PUT ON A SHOW AS A SENIOR. AVERAGED 33.5 POINTS, EIGHT REBOUNDS, FOUR ASSISTS. AND THEN SHE LED THE STATE IN SCORING THAT YEAR AS A SENIOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. UH, YOU KNOW, FANS ACROSS THE NATION GLUED TO THEIR SCREENS OR THEIR TABLETS AND THEIR PHONES

The record is hers: Iowa star Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA scoring mark

Caitlin Clark's made plenty of remarkable buckets in her four seasons as an Iowa Hawkeye. Wild, acrobatic drives to the hoop. Pull-up jumpers with a hand in her face. Deep 3-pointers from the halfcourt logo.But the one she made with 7:48 to go in the first quarter Thursday against Michigan is the most memorable yet.Clark hit what is arguably her signature move — a pull-up 3-pointer from near the midcourt logo — to clinch the record as she scored each of her team's first 8 points of the game. Clark scored 23 points in the first quarter of Thursday's game and finished with a career-high 49 points. In her 126th game as a Hawkeye, Clark passed Kelsey Plum as the NCAA women's all-time scoring leader. Plum scored 3,527 points in 139 games between 2013-2017 for Washington. Next up for Clark: LSU legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich, the men's record-holder. He scored 3,667 points in 83 games over three seasons between 1967-1970, before the 3-point line and before freshmen were allowed to play. She's 98 points behind Maravich and, if she scores her average of about 32 points per game, she'll pass him on senior day Sunday, March 3 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Ohio State. Video: Watch the moment Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA women's scoring recordClark and her dynamic game have captivated the nation for two seasons. Last year, she led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA title game and was named AP player of the year. More than just her pursuit of the record, her long 3-pointers and flashy passes have raised interest in the women’s game. Arenas have been sold out for her games, home and away, and television ratings have never been higher.It’s all been more than Clark imagined when the 6-foot guard from West Des Moines stayed in state and picked Iowa over Notre Dame in November 2019.“I dreamed of doing really big things, playing in front of big crowds, going to the Final Four, maybe not quite on this level,” Clark said this week. “I think that’s really hard to dream. You can always exceed expectations, even your own, and I think that’s been one of the coolest parts.”Though her basketball obligations and endorsement deals (State Farm ads, etc.) have put demands on her time, she said she is the same person who showed up on campus four years ago. She still cleans her apartment, does laundry, plays video games, hangs out with friends and does schoolwork.Her run to the record could have come earlier, but it arrived back at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where ticket resale prices for the game ranged from hundreds of dollars into the thousands. As usual, fans showed up early outside the arena, many wearing black-and-gold No. 22 jerseys and holding signs paying homage.Mya Anderson and her friend, Ellie Steffensen, both 12, and their moms made the six-hour drive from Canton, South Dakota, to see Clark break the record.“I think she’s inspired a lot of people,” Mya said.“Yeah, a lot of little girls,” Ellie added.Mya and Ellie both play basketball, and both said they try to do some of the things Clark does on the court, like shoot long 3s.“But I’m not as good as her,” Ellie said.Kelly Jared of Manchester, Iowa, said she likes everything about Clark and expects her impact on the women’s game to endure.“She’s taken it to a new level,” Jared said. “The aspirations and goals that the current players and future players have, she has set that bar way up in the sky. And it’s perfect, because they will work to attain them. As as far as the fans, there’s excitement for the people who never watched women’s basketball. My son isn’t a basketball fan, but he watched Caitlin last year and he was sold. He absolutely loves her.”NCAA women's basketball career scoring leaders *Caitlin Clark, Iowa — 3,569Kelsey Plum, Washington — 3,527 Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State — 3,402Jackie Stiles, Missouri State — 3,393Brittney Griner, Baylor — 3,283*Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo/Syracuse — 3,213Patricia Hoskins, Mississippi Valley State — 3,122Lorri Bauman, Drake — 3,115Jerica Coley, FIU — 3,107Rachel Banham, Minnesota — 3,093* — Clark and Fair are active players.More Caitlin Clark coverageCaitlin Clark videosHere's what Patrick Mahomes said when asked about Caitlin Clark during a Super Bowl news conferenceCaitlin Clark discusses her legacy at a press conference after NCAA title gameIowa’s Caitlin Clark named Naismith National Player of the YearCaitlin Clark's dad, high school coach reflect on her early basketball careerCaitlin Clark gifts Iowa girl with signed shoesDowling star Caitlin Clark scores 60 on Mason City

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But the one she made with 7:48 to go in the first quarter Thursday against Michigan is the most memorable yet.

Clark hit what is arguably her signature move — a pull-up 3-pointer from near the midcourt logo — to clinch the record as she scored each of her team's first 8 points of the game.

She did it with a LOGO!!!
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Clark scored 23 points in the first quarter of Thursday's game and finished with a career-high 49 points.

In her 126th game as a Hawkeye, Clark passed Kelsey Plum as the . Plum scored 3,527 points in 139 games between 2013-2017 for Washington.

Next up for Clark: LSU legend "Pistol" Pete Maravich, the men's record-holder. He scored 3,667 points in 83 games over three seasons between 1967-1970, before the 3-point line and before freshmen were allowed to play.

She's 98 points behind Maravich and, if she scores her average of about 32 points per game, she'll pass him on senior day Sunday, March 3 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Ohio State.

Video: Watch the moment Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA women's scoring record

Clark and her dynamic game have captivated the nation for two seasons. Last year, she led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA title game and was named AP player of the year. More than just her pursuit of the record, her long 3-pointers and flashy passes have raised interest in the women’s game. Arenas have been sold out for her games, home and away, and television ratings have never been higher.

It’s all been more than Clark imagined when the 6-foot guard from West Des Moines stayed in state and picked Iowa over Notre Dame in November 2019.

“I dreamed of doing really big things, playing in front of big crowds, going to the Final Four, maybe not quite on this level,” Clark said this week. “I think that’s really hard to dream. You can always exceed expectations, even your own, and I think that’s been one of the coolest parts.”

Though her basketball obligations and endorsement deals (State Farm ads, etc.) have put demands on her time, she said she is the same person who showed up on campus four years ago. She still cleans her apartment, does laundry, plays video games, hangs out with friends and does schoolwork.

Her run to the record could have come earlier, but it arrived back at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where ticket resale prices for the game ranged from hundreds of dollars into the thousands. As usual, fans showed up early outside the arena, many wearing black-and-gold No. 22 jerseys and holding signs paying homage.

Mya Anderson and her friend, Ellie Steffensen, both 12, and their moms made the six-hour drive from Canton, South Dakota, to see Clark break the record.

“I think she’s inspired a lot of people,” Mya said.

“Yeah, a lot of little girls,” Ellie added.

Mya and Ellie both play basketball, and both said they try to do some of the things Clark does on the court, like shoot long 3s.

“But I’m not as good as her,” Ellie said.

Kelly Jared of Manchester, Iowa, said she likes everything about Clark and expects her impact on the women’s game to endure.

“She’s taken it to a new level,” Jared said. “The aspirations and goals that the current players and future players have, she has set that bar way up in the sky. And it’s perfect, because they will work to attain them. As as far as the fans, there’s excitement for the people who never watched women’s basketball. My son isn’t a basketball fan, but he watched Caitlin last year and he was sold. He absolutely loves her.”