{"id":14620,"date":"2023-12-07T13:18:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T07:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/womens-college-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-invents-unprecedented-club-after-scoring-3000th-point\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T07:48:26","slug":"womens-college-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-invents-unprecedented-club-after-scoring-3000th-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/womens-college-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-invents-unprecedented-club-after-scoring-3000th-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s college basketball phenom Caitlin Clark invents unprecedented club after scoring 3,000th point"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Caitlin Clark is in a league of her own.<\/p>\n

The Iowa women’s college basketball superstar netted her 3,000th career point on Wednesday night in the Hawkeyes’ 67-58 win over Iowa State on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

She scored 35 on the night, but her 3,000th put her in never-before-seen territory.<\/p>\n

She’s the first NCAA basketball player, man or woman, to score 3,000 points while recording 750 rebounds and 750 assists.<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes drives by Nyamer Diew #5 of the Iowa State Cyclones in the first half at Hilton Coliseum on December 6, 2023, in Ames, Iowa.\u00a0<\/span> (David Purdy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Clark became the 26th college basketball player of both genders to record 3,000 points in a career, and the 15th woman – she did so in her 110th career game.<\/p>\n

She is now 515 points away from becoming the all-time leading scorer among women – Kelsey Plum had 3,527 during her four years at Washington from 2013 to 2017.<\/p>\n

This season, she’s averaging 29.6 points per game – if she continues to score at this rate, she’s on pace to become the women’s leading scorer on Feb 25 against Iowa. So, it’s practically a matter of when, rather than if.<\/p>\n

She also could beat Pete Maravich’s all-time record of 3,667 – at her current 29.6 points per game this season, she’d set the record in potential postseason play.<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrates after the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the South Carolina Gamecocks 77-73 during the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game at American Airlines Center on March 31, 2023 in Dallas, Texas.<\/span> (Tom Pennington\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Clark has 770 rebounds and 874 assists in her career.<\/p>\n

Clark became one of the most prominent college athletes in the country last year when she led Iowa to a national championship appearance with her “you can’t see me” celebration – Iowa lost to LSU in the championship.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes (9-1) were trailing 55-54 midway through the fourth quarter, before Clark made a pair of nifty assists to Kate Martin, who converted them into layups that gave Iowa a 60-56 lead with just over 3 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

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Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) reacts after making a basket during a basketball game at Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Ames.<\/span> (Lily Smith\/The Register \/ USA TODAY NETWORK)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Clark added a layup of her own to extend the margin to 62-56 with about 2 minutes to play. She has scored at least 20 points in all 10 games this season.<\/p>\n

Iowa opens Big Ten play Sunday at Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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