Hawkeye star builds on NCAA record

Caitlin Clark points tracker: Hawkeyes star’s final tally

It’s a season of milestones and records for Iowa senior Caitlin Clark.She became the 15th NCAA Division I women’s player — and third Iowan — to surpass the 3,000-point mark in a win Dec. 6 against Iowa State. A little over two months later, she broke Kelsey Plum’s NCAA women’s career scoring record when she scored a career-high 49 points Feb. 15 against Michigan. Read more about Clark’s historical night here.She passed former KU star Lynette Woodard, who scored 3,649 points in her career (1977-81) at Kansas. That was the major college basketball women’s scoring record, but the NCAA doesn’t recognize it because it was set when the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women governed women’s college sports. Clark’s 33 points Feb. 28 gave her 3,650 career points, one ahead of Woodard. And, on March 3, she became the NCAA men’s and women’s all-time leader by passing “Pistol” Pete Maravich. He scored 3,667 in three seasons (1967-1970) at LSU. Clark finished the day with 35 points, giving her 3,685 for her career. In the women’s NCAA Tournament Round of 32, Clark scored 32 points —almost exactly her average of 31.8 points per game this season — and broke Plum’s single-season scoring record. Plum scored 1,109 during the 2016-17 season. She added 29 points in the Sweet 16 against Colorado and another 41 in the Elite Eight against LSU to push her season total to 1,183 and her career total to 3,900. In the Final Four against UConn, she scored 21. In the first quarter Sunday against South Carolina, Clark hit 3 3-pointers and scored a championship game record 18 points. She finished the game, an 87-75 loss, with 30 points, and finished her career with 3,951.LIVE BLOG: Updates, highlights and more from the national championship gameHistory made: Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s scoring recordIowans in the 3,000-point clubThe other Iowans in the 3,000-point club include Lorri Bauman, who scored 3,115 points for Drake between 1980 and 1984, and Ashley Joens, who scored 3,060 points at Iowa State between 2018 and 2023.Bauman, of Des Moines, starred at East High School, where she scored 3,010 career points and helped the Scarlets win the 1979 state championship.Joens, of Iowa City, scored 2,178 points at City High, where she was a first-team all-state selection all four years.Clark, of West Des Moines, scored 2,547 points for Dowling Catholic. She was a first-team all-state selection her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year.More Caitlin Clark coverageCaitlin Clark videosHere’s what Patrick Mahomes said when asked about Caitlin Clark during a Super Bowl news conferenceCaitlin Clark discusses her legacy at a press conference after NCAA title gameIowa’s Caitlin Clark named Naismith National Player of the YearCaitlin Clark’s dad, high school coach reflect on her early basketball careerCaitlin Clark gifts Iowa girl with signed shoesDowling star Caitlin Clark scores 60 on Mason City

DES MOINES, Iowa —

It’s a season of milestones and records for Iowa senior Caitlin Clark.

She became the 15th NCAA Division I women’s player — and third Iowan — to surpass the 3,000-point mark in a win Dec. 6 against Iowa State.

A little over two months later, she broke Kelsey Plum’s NCAA women’s career scoring record when she scored a career-high 49 points Feb. 15 against Michigan. Read more about Clark’s historical night here.

She passed former KU star Lynette Woodard, who scored 3,649 points in her career (1977-81) at Kansas. That was the major college basketball women’s scoring record, but the NCAA doesn’t recognize it because it was set when the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women governed women’s college sports. Clark’s 33 points Feb. 28 gave her 3,650 career points, one ahead of Woodard.

And, on March 3, she became the NCAA men’s and women’s all-time leader by passing “Pistol” Pete Maravich. He scored 3,667 in three seasons (1967-1970) at LSU. Clark finished the day with 35 points, giving her 3,685 for her career.

In the women’s NCAA Tournament Round of 32, Clark scored 32 points —almost exactly her average of 31.8 points per game this season — and broke Plum’s single-season scoring record. Plum scored 1,109 during the 2016-17 season.

She added 29 points in the Sweet 16 against Colorado and another 41 in the Elite Eight against LSU to push her season total to 1,183 and her career total to 3,900. In the Final Four against UConn, she scored 21.

In the first quarter Sunday against South Carolina, Clark hit 3 3-pointers and scored a championship game record 18 points. She finished the game, an 87-75 loss, with 30 points, and finished her career with 3,951.

LIVE BLOG: Updates, highlights and more from the national championship game

History made: Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s scoring record

Iowans in the 3,000-point club

The other Iowans in the 3,000-point club include Lorri Bauman, who scored 3,115 points for Drake between 1980 and 1984, and Ashley Joens, who scored 3,060 points at Iowa State between 2018 and 2023.

Bauman, of Des Moines, starred at East High School, where she scored 3,010 career points and helped the Scarlets win the 1979 state championship.

Joens, of Iowa City, scored 2,178 points at City High, where she was a first-team all-state selection all four years.

Clark, of West Des Moines, scored 2,547 points for Dowling Catholic. She was a first-team all-state selection her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year.