Caitlin Clark makes more history, sets NCAA single-season 3-pointers record
Caitlin Clark continues to make history. Wednesday night, as Iowa dominated against Minnesota, she broke the NCAA’s single-season record for three-pointers.
Clark drained a triple in the third quarter to give her 155 made threes this year – setting a new record. That moved her past former Idaho star Taylor Pierce, who made 154 three-point field goals in 2018-19.
It was part of a huge night for Iowa, which took an 86-48 lead over Minnesota into the third quarter in Minneapolis. Clark notched a triple double in that time with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists through three periods of action.
Caitlin Clark – NCAA women’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer – has put together a historic year leading the Hawkeyes to a 24-4 overall record and a 13-3 mark in Big Ten play. She’s also closing in on the Division I all-time record held by “Pistol” Pete Maravich, who scored 3,667 points in three years for LSU from 1968-70.
As she racks up the honors, Clark is leaving an impressive legacy, and former South Carolina star Aliyah Boston said it’s having an incredible effect on the game as a whole.
“You are looking at basketball at such a high level right now. There are so many eyes especially on the game of women’s basketball. It continues to elevate,” Boston said. “Caitlin is having a really special season, a really special career with basketball, and it’s great to appreciate that. You look at it — because not everyone can do that. Yes, it was different times. And I understand there wasn’t a three point line, but that doesn’t matter. They’re both putting up crazy numbers.”
Clark became perhaps the biggest conversation in basketball as she pursued Kelsey Plum’s scoring record, and she continues to make history on the NIL front, as well. She became Fanatics’ top-selling college athlete in the NIL Era, On3’s Pete Nakos reported. She passed the previous high seller, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
Of course, Clark on-court success also got her some high praise from Plum, who had nothing but good things to say at the NBA’s All-Star Weekend earlier this month.
“She’s incredible,” Plum said. “I mean, especially, too, the exact shot that she broke it. I think that pretty much sums it up, right? Just pulling up from basically half court.
“But I love it. It’s so good for the game. It’s really cool to just see somebody not be afraid of the moment. Just excited for her.”