Iowa Hawkeyes superstar guard Caitlin Clark became the NCAA’s Division-I all-time leading scorer in basketball – male or female – in a win over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday, passing Hall of Famer “Pistol” Pete Maravich.
Clark entered the game needing 18 points to pass Maravich for the all-time mark of 3,667 points. She set the record with a pair of free throws in the final second of the first half. In a short halftime interview, she said the record wasn’t on her mind at the time.
“Not really, but then when they announce it and everybody screams, that’s when I knew,” she said.
Clark finished the game with 35 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds as No. 6 Iowa beat No. 2 Ohio State 93-83, giving her a career total of 3,685 points.
After the game, she said she was still “soaking it all in.
“I’m just very thankful for all these people that are going to stick around and support us and have supported us over my four years,” she said. “It probably won’t hit me until a little bit later but just gonna enjoy it with my family and my teammates and just be thankful to be in this place.