💥Iowa's Caitlin Clark moves into 5th on career scoring list💥
0Iowa's Caitlin Clark moves into 5th on career scoring list
Iowa's Caitlin Clark moved into the No. 5 spot on the NCAA Division I career scoring list Saturday against Minnesota behind a 35-point performance in the No. 4 Hawkeyes' 94-71 win.
Clark entered the contest No. 7 on the women's list with 3,114 career points before passing Drake's Lorri Bauman (3,115) and Mississippi Valley State's Patricia Hoskins (3,122) in the first half, ending the afternoon with 3,149 career points. The reigning national player of the year is on track to surpass Washington's Kelsey Plum's record of 3,527 career points later this season.
Clark also recorded 10 assists in the game, making her the Big Ten's career assists leader, passing Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis (902) with 904. The player from West Des Moines registered her eighth career game with at least 35 points and 10 assists -- the rest of Division I over the past 25 seasons has combined for 10 such games -- while recording her 44th career 30-point game (and sixth of the season), the most by a Division I player in the past 25 seasons.
She also became the first Division I player (men's or women's) to reach 3,000-plus points, 900-plus assists and 800-plus rebounds.
Although she has a fifth season of collegiate eligibility remaining, the point guard sensation is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA draft should she declare at the end of the season.
The Hawkeyes (13-1) have won 10 straight games since losing to Kansas State, their only loss of the season. It's their longest such streak since winning 13 straight in the 2004-05 season.
ESPN Stats & Information contributed to this report.