Caitlin Clark makes 2 free throws to break Pete Maravich's NCAA Division I scoring record

EIGHT NEWS AT TEN STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE’RE COVERED BY GABBY MARSHALL. HERE COMES CLARKE. HOW WILL SHE GO FOR HISTORY? THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL. I’M SOMEBODY THAT HAS REALLY BIG DREAMS, GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS. BUT I THINK TO, LIKE, PUT IT ON THIS LEVEL AND LIKE THIS MAGNITUDE, LIKE THAT WOULD BE CRAZY FOR ME TO SAY. I THINK THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. IT’S SUPER COOL THAT IT’S HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOL, THAT WE GET TO WATCH IT. I LOVE WATCHING HER AND I LOVE WHEN SHE HITS LIKE A DEEP. THE DEEPER DEEP THREES AND THAT JUST MAKES THE CROWD A LOT. AND I LIKE THAT PART. OH, I’VE GOT CHILLS. THAT WAS SO GREAT. HISTORY IS MADE IN IOWA CITY TONIGHT. A BIG NIGHT FOR THE HAWKEYES. AND SUPERSTAR CAITLIN CLARK. THE SENSATION. SENIOR SCORED 49 POINTS AGAINST MICHIGAN. BREDA HER CAREER HIGH. SHE NOW TAKES THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN THE NCAA SCORING RECORD, DOMINATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET BY KELSEY PLUM. OKAY, SO CLARK’S CAREER SCORING TOTAL NOW 3569 POINTS. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, NUMBER FOUR IOWA DEFEATS MICHIGAN AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA TONIGHT. THE CAITLIN CLARK EFFECT IS INFECTIOUS AS HAWKEYE FANS ARE GOING CRAZY FOR THE SENIORS. HISTORIC BASKETBALL CAREER. NOT ONLY IS SHE GETTING SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT HOME, BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND KCCI HAS LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM CARVER HAWKEYE ARENA. TONIGHT WE’LL START THINGS OFF WITH SPORTS DIRECTOR SCOTT REISTER SCOTT. WHAT AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT. IT WAS AMAZING. TO BE HERE IN WITNESS HISTORY ON THIS COURT AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, SAVE FOR POSSIBLY UPSETTING SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE FINAL FOUR IN DALLAS LAST MARCH. BUT THIS HAPPENED HERE. BIGGEST NIGHT IN THIS BUILDING, BAR NONE. IT WASN’T A MATTER OF IF CAITLIN CLARK WOULD GET THOSE EIGHT POINTS. ONLY A MATTER OF WHEN SHE WOULD GET THOSE, AND SHE CAME OUT SWINGING AFTER THAT LOSS TO NEBRASKA. STARTED WITH A QUICK THREE, A DRIVE, AND THEN HERE IS THE HISTORY. AND THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD HAVE DONE IT. THAT LOGO THREE. SHE GOT HER EIGHTH POINT IN THE RECORD JUST TWO MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS INTO THE NIGHT. WE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT ANGLES FOR YOU HERE. AS YOU SEE THE PLACE ERUPTED. I MEAN, LOOK AT THE RANGE SIGNATURE. CLARK, WHAT A MOMENT. HER PATENTED LOGO THREE. HER HIGH SCHOOL COACH AT DALZELL AND KRISTEN MEYER WAS HERE IN THE BUILDING, TOLD ME BEFORE THE GAME THAT CAITLIN WOULD GET A CAREER HIGH. SHE CALLED IT, AND MEYER WAS RIGHT. THE FIRST QUARTER JAW DROPPING. SHE JUST KEPT ON TAKING AND MAKING LOGOS. HER FIRST QUARTER STATS 23 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER SHOT FIVE OF SEVEN FROM THREE. IN THE FIRST QUARTER, SHE WAS ON PACE FOR 92 POINTS AT THIS. OF COURSE, SHE DIDN’T GET THAT. SHE SLOWED DOWN A BIT AFTER THAT, BUT NOT BY MUCH. I WILL LET MICHIGAN BIG ALL NIGHT, AND WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME, SHE HAD 46. HOW ABOUT ONE MORE? HER NINTH THREE OF THE GAME? BOONE IT. SHE WAS NINE OF 18 FROM THREE, FINISHED WITH 49 POINTS, 13 ASSISTS, FIVE REBOUNDS, SHOT, 16 OF 31 OVERALL, 49 POINTS. BLUDER TOOK HER OUT FOR AN OVATION WITH ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. OTHERWISE SHE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE IOWA WON 106 89. THEN IT WAS TIME TO CELEBRATE. AFTER THEY JUMPED AROUND, THINGS GOT EMOTIONAL AS A VIDEO TRIBUTE PLAYED. CLARKE TEARED UP AS HER FAMILY AND TEAMMATES AND COACHES THE RECORDED MESSAGES THAT PLAYED OVER THE BIG BOARD HERE AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. CAITLIN SOAKED IT ALL IN AND- THEN CONFETTI CAME DOWN HERD- TEAMMATES PICKED HER UP SO CELEBRATING HER UP IN THE AIR. AN AMAZING MOMENT THAT NO ONE HERE WILL EVER FORGET. ESPECIALLY THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR, CAITLIN CLARK, THE NEW ALL TIME SCORING LEADER. MY SHOT JUST FELT GOOD, SO I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE KIND OF ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS AND KIND OF PLAYED WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE PEP IN MY STEP. AND, UM, I KNEW THAT’S WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDED. AFTER COMING OFF OF COMING OFF OF A LOSS AND, UM, JUST JUST LUCKY, LIKE MY TEAMMATES. I’M JUST SO THANKFUL THEY LET ME BE ME AND I WOULDN’T BE WHERE I AM IF IT WASN’T FOR THEM. SO, UM. YEAH, I’M JUST JUST REALLY THANKFUL. I’M JUST FILLED WITH SO MUCH GRATITUDE AND LOVE AND, UM, THE WAY THESE FANS SUPPORT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IS SO MUCH SPECIAL IS SO SPECIAL. AND, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU ALL KNEW I WAS GOING TO SHOOT A LOGO. THREE FOR THE RECORD. COME ON NOW. YES, THE EYES OF THE BASKETBALL UNIVERSE SAW HER MAKE THAT. YOU KNEW SHE WOULD DO IT RIGHT. AN AMAZING ENVIRONMENT HERE. FANS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, MEDIA FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. BEAU BOWMAN RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT. BO JOINING US NOW. AND THIS WAS HISTORY THAT SO MANY GOT TO WITNESS. BO. YEAH. SCOTT, THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH ANTICIPATION, SO MUCH BUZZ, SO MUCH HYPE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT. AND IT’S RARE IN THE WORLD THAT ALL THAT HYPE LIVES UP TO THE ACTUAL MOMENT. BUT TONIGHT, IT DEFINITELY DID. FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, FANS LINED UP OUTSIDE CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. WONDERFUL. JUST TO SEE WHAT CAITLIN’S. DONE FOR THE SPORT. WAITING TO GET IN AND WITNESS HISTORY. OH, IT WAS WICKED. HONESTLY. LIKE, OH MY GOD, LIKE I BLEW MY MIND. IT WAS AMAZING AND IT WAS DEAFENING. IT WAS SO LOUD. EXPLODED. YEAH, I THINK THAT’S THE LOUDEST I’VE EVER HEARD IT. CAITLIN CLARKE PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR THOSE WHO TRAVELED FROM FAR AND WIDE WITH 23 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, CARVER EXPLODED OVER AND OVER. WOMEN BASKETBALL’S ALL TIME LEADING SCORER, CLAIMING HER CROWN WITH AUTHORITY. ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVE ADMIRED HER FOR YEARS LEFT SPEECHLESS WITH EACH THREE. IT WAS REALLY COIN. SHE DOES SHOTS FROM LIKE EVERYWHERE WHERE IT’S LIKE YOU KILL HER SOMEWHERE TO SHOOT FROM AND SHE’S PROBABLY GONNA DO IT. YEAH, AND EACH HAWKEYE HERE THURSDAY NIGHT LEFT WITH A MEMORY. THEY WON’T FORGET. IT WAS ELECTRIC. IT WAS SUPER LOUD. EVERYONE JUMPING UP, CLAPPING. I MEAN, DEAFENING IN A WORD, CRAZY. I STILL HAVE ADRENALINE FROM IT. IT’S CRAZY. CANADA HAVE DRAWN IT UP. ANY BETTER. WITH ALL THE RECORD SHE HIT TONIGHT. NOT JUST THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY, BUT THE PROGRAM SCORER. 49 POINTS TONIGHT IN CARVER HAWKEYE ARENA. A CAREER HIGH AS WELL. JUST COULDN’T HAVE DRAWN IT UP ANY BETTER. COACH BLUDER SAID THAT AS WELL. SCOTT. BO YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. SIMPLY SENSATIONAL AND THE DOWLING COACHES SHE HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL GOT TICKETS. JAN JANSEN, ASSISTANT COACH AT IOWA, SURPRISED THEM. SO THEY WERE HERE. AND YOU LOOK BACK AT HER DAYS AT DOWLING WHERE SHE JUST PUT ON A SHOW AS A SENIOR. AVERAGED 33.5 POINTS, EIGHT REBOUNDS, FOUR ASSISTS. AND THEN SHE LED THE STATE IN SCORING THAT YEAR AS A SENIOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. UH, YOU KNOW, FANS ACROSS THE NATION GLUED TO THEIR SCREENS OR THEIR TABLETS AND THEIR PHONES

Iowa star Caitlin Clark became the all-time NCAA Division I scoring leader on Sunday, breaking the late Pete Maravich's 54-year-old record when she made two free throws after a technical foul was called in the No. 6 Hawkeyes' game against No. 2 Ohio State.Video above: Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women's scoring recordClark entered the game in Iowa City needing 18 points to pass Maravich's total of 3,667, amassed in just 86 games over three seasons at LSU (1967-70).Maravich's record fell four days after Clark broke Lynette Woodard's major college women's record with 33 points against Minnesota on Wednesday.Clark's record-setting points Sunday came in improbable fashion. Best known for her long 3-point shots, she instead went past Maravich after Ohio State was called for a technical foul with less than a second to go in the first half.Clark swished both free throws to run her career total to 3,668 points; she had no reaction after the second shot went through.Asked in a television interview at halftime if she was aware of the record when she stepped to the line, Clark said: "Not really. When they announced it and everybody screamed, that's when I knew."Clark got off to a slow start. Her first shot was a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim. She missed a layup and from deep on the right wing before making a 3 from the left side for her first basket.After starting 2 for 7, she made 3 of her next 4 shots — including three straight 3-pointers, each deeper than the previous.Woodard was among the attendees at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to help Clark celebrate senior day. Also on hand were basketball great Maya Moore, who was Clark's favorite player, and Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.On Thursday, Clark announced she would enter the 2024 WNBA draft and skip the fifth year of eligibility available to athletes who competed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever, and the WNBA already is seeing a rise in ticket sales.Logitix, which researches prices on ticket resale platforms, reported an average sale price of $598 for a ticket to this game purchased since Feb. 1."Listen, this is the greatest ticket on the planet right now," Woodard said in an interview with ESPN before the game. "Hey, I'm going to enjoy this right now."Clark is all but assured of one or two more appearances at the arena in Iowa City after Sunday. Iowa is projected to be a No. 2 seed for the NCAA Tournament, meaning it would be at home for the first two rounds.Pearl Moore of Francis Marion owns the overall women's record with 4,061 points from 1975-79 at the small-college level in the AIAW. Moore had 177 points at Anderson Junior College before enrolling at Francis Marion.Clark was 393 behind Moore as of halftime Sunday, and she has only three to 10 more games left in an Iowa uniform depending on how far the Hawkeyes advance in the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.The fall of Maravich's record will be subject to scrutiny.Maravich's all-time scoring mark is one of the more remarkable in sports history. There was no shot clocik or 3-point line in his era. The 3-point line was adopted in 1986.Maravich averaged 44.2 points per game. He scored more than 60 in a game four times, topping out at 69 against Alabama on Feb. 7, 1970.Clark averages 28.3 points for her career and was playing in her 130th game Sunday. Her career-best output was 49 points against Michigan on Feb. 15, when she passed Kelsey Plum as the NCAA women's Division I career scoring leader.Clark has 54 games with at least 30 points, the most of any player in men's or women's college basketball over the last 25 years. She has six triple-doubles this season and 17 in her career."What Caitlin's done has been amazing. She's fantastic player, great for the women's game and basketball in general," Maravich's eldest son, Jaeson told The Associated Press last week.Nike released a t-shirt honoring Caitlin Clark's historic achievement. You can get it by clicking here.

Video above: Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women's scoring record

Clark entered the game in Iowa City needing 18 points to pass Maravich's total of 3,667, amassed in just 86 games over three seasons at LSU (1967-70).

Maravich's record fell four days after Clark broke Lynette Woodard's major college women's record with 33 points against Minnesota on Wednesday.

Clark's record-setting points Sunday came in improbable fashion. Best known for her long 3-point shots, she instead went past Maravich after Ohio State was called for a technical foul with less than a second to go in the first half.

Clark swished both free throws to run her career total to 3,668 points; she had no reaction after the second shot went through.

Asked in a television interview at halftime if she was aware of the record when she stepped to the line, Clark said: "Not really. When they announced it and everybody screamed, that's when I knew."

Clark got off to a slow start. Her first shot was a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim. She missed a layup and from deep on the right wing before making a 3 from the left side for her first basket.

After starting 2 for 7, she made 3 of her next 4 shots — including three straight 3-pointers, each deeper than the previous.

Woodard was among the attendees at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to help Clark celebrate senior day. Also on hand were basketball great Maya Moore, who was Clark's favorite player, and Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.

On Thursday, Clark announced she would enter the 2024 WNBA draft and skip the fifth year of eligibility available to athletes who competed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever, and the WNBA already is seeing a rise in ticket sales.

Logitix, which researches prices on ticket resale platforms, reported an average sale price of $598 for a ticket to this game purchased since Feb. 1.

"Listen, this is the greatest ticket on the planet right now," Woodard said in an interview with ESPN before the game. "Hey, I'm going to enjoy this right now."

Clark is all but assured of one or two more appearances at the arena in Iowa City after Sunday. Iowa is projected to be a No. 2 seed for the NCAA Tournament, meaning it would be at home for the first two rounds.

Pearl Moore of Francis Marion owns the overall women's record with 4,061 points from 1975-79 at the small-college level in the AIAW. Moore had 177 points at Anderson Junior College before enrolling at Francis Marion.

Clark was 393 behind Moore as of halftime Sunday, and she has only three to 10 more games left in an Iowa uniform depending on how far the Hawkeyes advance in the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.

The fall of Maravich's record will be subject to scrutiny.

Maravich's all-time scoring mark is one of the more remarkable in sports history. There was no shot clocik or 3-point line in his era. The 3-point line was adopted in 1986.

Maravich averaged 44.2 points per game. He scored more than 60 in a game four times, topping out at 69 against Alabama on Feb. 7, 1970.

Clark averages 28.3 points for her career and was playing in her 130th game Sunday. Her career-best output was 49 points against Michigan on Feb. 15, when she passed Kelsey Plum as the NCAA women's Division I career scoring leader.

Clark has 54 games with at least 30 points, the most of any player in men's or women's college basketball over the last 25 years. She has six triple-doubles this season and 17 in her career.

"What Caitlin's done has been amazing. She's fantastic player, great for the women's game and basketball in general," Maravich's eldest son, Jaeson told The Associated Press last week.

Nike released a t-shirt honoring Caitlin Clark's historic achievement. You can get it by clicking here.

Caitlin Clark makes 2 free throws to break Pete Maravich's NCAA Division I scoring record

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