Caitlin Clark is approaching NCAA career scoring record for women’s basketball. How close is she?
Caitlin Clark of Iowa is approaching the NCAA career scoring record in women’s basketball of 3,527 points, held by Kelsey Plum.
Clark needs 66 points to set the record.
In all, Clark has 3,462 points and is averaging 32.4 points per game this season. She’s is on pace to break Plum’s NCAA mark against Michigan on Feb. 15.
LAST TIME OUT
Clark, last year’s AP player of the year, scored 38 points in a victory at Maryland on Feb. 3. She also had 12 assists and six rebounds.
UP NEXT: Iowa vs. Penn State
Iowa, which hosts Penn State on Thursday night, beat the Nittany Lions twice last season. Clark scored 27 points in a 108-67 victory on Jan. 14, 2023, and she scored 23 in a 95-51 win Feb. 5.
How to watch: Tipoff is 9 p.m. Eastern at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will be on the Big Ten Network.
CLARK STATS
Clark has scored at least 40 points 11 times in her career, including three this season.
Clark is also approaching 1,000 career assists; she has 980 and is in eighth place all-time. She is averaging 7.9 assists per game. She is seven assists behind former Providence star Shanya Evans for seventh and eight behind Niya Johnson for sixth. Suzie McConnell of Penn State holds the NCAA record with 1,307.
WHO ARE THE LEADING CAREER SCORERS?
Former Kansas star Lynette Woodard holds the women’s major college basketball record with 3,649 points from 1978-81, before the NCAA took over women’s sports from the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
Francis Marion’s Pearl Moore has the overall record with 4,061 points from 1975-79 at the small-college level in the AIAW. Moore had 177 of her points at Anderson Junior College before enrolling at Francis Marion.
Plum holds the women’s NCAA record after her standout, four-year career at Washington (2013-17).
The men’s NCAA record is held by LSU’s Pete Maravich, who finished his career with 3,667 points. He did it with no 3-point line in college basketball and in only three seasons (1967-70); freshmen at that point weren’t allowed to play on varsity teams.
TOP PHOTO: FILE – Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives as Northwestern guard Maggie Pina guards during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Evanston, Ill., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)