Iowa’s Clark becomes NCAA women’s all-time points leader
Caitlin Clark wasted no time becoming the NCAA women’s career scoring leader Thursday night, taking less than three minutes to score the eight points she needed to break Kelsey Plum’s record.
The Iowa star who has brought unprecedented attention to women’s basketball surpassed the record with her signature shot — a 35-foot 3-pointer that hit nothing but the bottom of the net.
And Clark didn’t let up from there. She finished with a career-high 49 points, tied her career best with nine 3-pointers and had 13 assists in No. 4 Iowa’s 106-89 victory over Michigan in Iowa City.
Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder took Clark out of the game with 1:46 left, shortly after she made her final 3, and she went to the bench to an ovation from the sellout crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Clark’s huge night put her at 3,569 points and within 80 of her next milestone, Lynette Woodard’s major women’s college scoring record of 3,649.
Clark went into the game needing eight points to pass Plum’s total of 3,527. The record-breaker was a 3 off the dribble on the left wing near the Mediacom Court logo with 7:45 left in the first quarter.
“It’s cool. It’s cool to be in the same realm as a lot of really, really good players,” Clark said at halftime in a televised interview. “I’m lucky to do it because I have really good teammates and really good coaches and a great support system that surrounds me.”
Plum established the previous record as a senior at Washington in 2017. Woodard starred at Kansas from 1977-81, an era when women’s sports were governed by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Pearl Moore of Francis Marion holds the overall women’s record with 4,061 points from 1975-79.
Iowa has four regularseason games left, plus the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. Barring injury, Clark, a senior who averages 32.1 points per game, is all but certain to pass Woodard. And she has the option to return for a fifth season of college basketball because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The crowd started chanting “One more year! One more year!” while Clark, who is projected as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft, was doing a postgame television interview.
Among those offering congratulations on social media was LSU star Angel Reese, who shared the spotlight with Clark in last season’s national championship game won by the Tigers. The Big Ten Network put out a congratulatory compilation video that included Tom Brady and Peyton and Eli Manning.
The Hawkeyes turned the ball over twice before Clark took a pass from Gabbie Marshall in transition, stopped and shot from deep.
When the ball went through, the fans — many of them standing and holding up phones to capture the moment — let loose a huge roar.
Bluder called a timeout shortly thereafter, and Clark hugged teammates and coaches during a brief celebration.
“Just grateful. Thankful to be surrounded by people and be in a city that supports women’s basketball so much,” Clark said. “Be surrounded by my best friends and people that want to see me be great and push me to be great every single day.”
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 66, TENNESSEE 55 »
Kamilla Cardoso had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Gamecocks (24-0, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) past the upset-minded Volunteers (15-9, 8-4) in Knoxville, Tenn. Cardoso had missed two previous games while playing for Brazil in an Olympic qualifying tournament.
Zach Edey overcame a slow start with 24 points and 15 rebounds as No. 2 Purdue rallied from a 10-point deficit to defeat Minnesota 84-76 in West Lafayette, Ind.
The Boilermakers (23-2, 12-2 Big Ten), who trailed by 10 early in the second half, turned to their 7-foot-4 senior All-American center to lead the comeback. The reigning national player of the year shook off 3-of-9 shooting in the first half by moving closer to the basket with three dunks, the last slam pushing Purdue ahead 57-55 with 12:27 left. The Gophers fell to 15-9 and 6-7.
NO. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 80, TEMPLE 68 »
Johnell Davis scored 17 points, Alijah Martin and Brandon Weatherspoon each had 16 and FAU (20-5, 10-2 American Athletic) beat Temple (8-17, 1-11) in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Promoted Alex Nakahara to senior director/research and development, Tegan Ashby director/ software engineering and Pat McFarlane director/predictive modeling.
Fined Clippers F P.J. Tucker $75,000 for comments made concerning a public trade demand on Feb. 5.
Renounced rights to F Kseniya Malashka.
Signed G Morgan Green to a training camp contract.
Released OL Cody Whitehair and S Eddie Jackson.
Named Andy Dickerson offensive line coach and Roy Istvan assistant offensive line coach.
Signed LB Jonas Griffith to a one-year contract extension.
Named Rick Dennison run game coordinator.
Named Frank Piraino director of strength and conditioning and promoted Drew Wilson to assistant director of strength and conditioning.
Named Dan Quinn head coach, Sarah Hogan coaching chief of staff, Pete Ohnegian player development coach, Kliff Kingsbury offensive coordinator, David Blough assistant quarterback coach, Andre Coleman offensive assistant coach, Bobby Engram wide receiver coach, Bobby Johnson offensive line coach, Brian Johnson assistant head coach/offensive pass game coordinator, Anthony Lynn run game coordinator/ running back coach, Tavita Pritchard quarterback coach, David Raih tight end coach, Darnell Stapleton assistant offensive line coach and Shane Toub offensive quality control coach.
Activated F Viktor Arvidsson from long term injured reserve. Placed Fs Carl Grundstrom and Blake Lizotte on long term injured reserve.
Loaned C Rem Pitlick to Rockford (AHL).
Signed G Isaac Poulter to a two-year contract.
Agreed to terms with D Brandon Scanlin on a two-year contract extension.
Recalled D Maxence Guenette from Belleville (AHL).
Reassigned F Tucker Robertson to Kansas City (ECHL) from Coachella Valley (AHL).
Recalled F Byron Froese from Henderson (AHL) loan. Assigned F Brendan Brisson and D Tobias Bjornfot on a conditioning loan to Henderson.
Announced D Brenden Dillon has completed his suspension and will return to active roster.
At Riviera Country Club
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Patrick Cantlay ........................ 30-34—64 -7 Cameron Davis ........................ 34-31—65 -6 Jason Day ................................. 33-32—65 -6 Luke List ................................... 31-34—65 -6 Tom Hoge .................................. 33-33—66 -5 Jordan Spieth ........................... 30-36—66 -5 Will Zalatoris ........................... 29-37—66 -5 Byeong Hun An ........................ 37-30—67 -4 Adam Svensson ....................... 33-34—67 -4 Ludvig Aberg ........................... 35-33—68 -3 Beau Hossler ............................ 33-35—68 -3 J.T. Poston ................................ 35-33—68 -3 Scottie Scheffler ..................... 32-36—68 -3 Brendon Todd .......................... 35-33—68 -3 Christiaan Bezuidenhout ....... 33-36—69 -2 Harris English .......................... 36-33—69 -2 Lucas Glover ............................. 32-37—69 -2 Adam Hadwin .......................... 34-35—69 -2 Brian Harman .......................... 34-35—69 -2 Lee Hodges .............................. 34-35—69 -2 Charley Hoffman ...................... 31-38—69 -2 Mackenzie Hughes ................. 34-35—69 -2 Si Woo Kim ............................... 33-36—69 -2 Tom Kim .................................... 34-35—69 -2 Hideki Matsuyama .................. 33-36—69 -2 Denny McCarthy ..................... 33-36—69 -2 Taylor Moore ............................ 33-36—69 -2 Sam Burns ................................. 34-36—70 -1 Corey Conners .......................... 35-35—70 -1 Nick Dunlap ............................... 34-36—70 -1 Tony Finau ................................. 32-38—70 -1 Tommy Fleetwood ................... 32-38—70 -1 RickieFowler ............................ 33-37—70-1 Emiliano Grillo .......................... 36-34—70 -1 Russell Henley .......................... 36-34—70 -1 Nicolai Hojgaard ...................... 33-37—70 -1 Viktor Hovland ......................... 32-38—70 -1 Kurt Kitayama .......................... 34-36—70 -1 Collin Morikawa ....................... 34-36—70 -1 Xander Schauffele ................... 34-36—70 -1 Nick Taylor ................................ 34-36—70 -1 Gary Woodland ......................... 33-37—70 -1 Keegan Bradley ......................... 33-38—71 E Wyndham Clark ......................... 36-35—71 E Sungjae Im ................................. 37-34—71 E Grayson Murray ........................ 34-37—71 E Andrew Putnam ........................ 33-38—71 E Patrick Rodgers ......................... 33-38—71 E Ben Griffin ............................... 34-38—72 +1 Chase Johnson ....................... 34-38—72 +1 Chris Kirk .................................. 37-35—72 +1 Matt Kuchar ............................. 35-37—72 +1 Taylor Montgomery ................ 35-37—72 +1 Sam Ryder ............................... 33-39—72 +1 Adam Scott .............................. 35-37—72 +1 Sahith Theegala ..................... 34-38—72 +1 Justin Thomas ........................ 38-34—72 +1 Tiger Woods ............................ 34-38—72 +1 Cameron Young ...................... 39-33—72 +1 Eric Cole ................................... 35-38—73 +2 Max Homa ............................... 38-35—73 +2 J.J. Spaun ................................. 33-40—73 +2 Sepp Straka ............................. 35-38—73 +2 Rory McIlroy ............................ 33-41—74 +3 Seamus Power ........................ 38-36—74 +3 Adam Schenk .......................... 36-38—74 +3 Matt Fitzpatrick ..................... 37-38—75 +4 Kevin Yu ................................... 38-37—75 +4 Nick Hardy ............................... 36-40—76 +5 Alex Smalley ........................... 35-41—76 +5
NASCAR CUP-BLUEGREEN VACATIONS DUEL 1 AT DAYTONA
At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla.
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1. (19) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 60 laps, 10 points. 2. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 60, 9. 3. (9) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 60,
8. 4. (20) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet,
60, 7. 5. (12) Erik Jones, Toyota, 60, 6. 6. (10) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 60, 5. 7. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 60, 4. 8. (15) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 60, 3. 9. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 60, 2.
10. (8) Chris Buescher, Ford, 60, 1. 11. (5) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 60, 0. 12. (18) Jimmie Johnson, Toyota, 60, 0. 13. (7) Ryan Preece, Ford, 60, 0. 14. (14) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 60, 0. 15. (17) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 60, 0. 16. (21) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 60, 0. 17. (6) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 60, 0. 18. (4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 60, 0. 19. (11) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 59, 0. 20. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, dvp, 51, 0. 21. (13) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, accident, 49, 0.