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Caitlin Clark becomes all-time NCAA points leader to break Pete Maravich’s 54-year-old record
By Justin Tasch,
2024-03-03
Caitlin Clark has surpassed them all, every man and woman to ever play major college basketball.
The 22-year-old Iowa superstar broke Pete Maravich’s all-time NCAA basketball points record on Sunday at a raucous Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Ohio State with a free throw 0.3 seconds before halftime, making history once again by toppling the 54-year-old mark.
Clark entered the game needing 18 points to break “Pistol Pete’s” NCAA record of 3,667 points.
She finished the game with 35 points, nine assists and six rebounds as Iowa won 93-83, giving her 3,685 career points.
“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.”
There has been some debate about comparing Clark’s and Maravich’s careers, as Maravich reached his total in three seasons compared to Clark’s four, and there wasn’t a shot clock or 3-point line when Maravich played for LSU from 1967-70.
But Maravich’s oldest son Jaeson had nothing but praise for Clark leading up to Sunday, even offering that her “lanky build and dark eyes” reminds him of his dad.
“What Caitlin’s done has been amazing. She’s fantastic player, great for the women’s game and basketball in general,” Jaeson Maravich told the Associated Press .
Signs held by young girls throughout the electric crowd expressed support for and inspiration by Clark, whose stardom has taken women’s college basketball to a new level of popularity.
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