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Caitlin Clark of Iowa is taking her scoring records into the postseason for the last time with a chance to climb into the top 10 to ever play the game, men or women.
The Iowa star (3,709 points) passed the late Pete Maravich of LSU (3,667) in her last game to become the career NCAA Division I scoring leader, men or women.
Clark has announced that she will skip her final season of eligibility and head to the WNBA draft in April, where she will be the presumptive No. 1 pick by the Indiana Fever. She will play at home at least once more if the Hawkeyes are chosen to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
Clark scored 24 points in Iowa's 95-62 win over Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on March 8. Clark, last year's AP player of the year, made two 3-pointers against the Lady Lions to increase her NCAA women's single-season record to 164. With her 163rd 3-pointer of the season, she surpassed Stephen Curry of Davidson (2007-08) and Darius McGhee of Liberty (2022-23) for the most by a D-I player. She also had 10 rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes.
Iowa plays Michigan in the Big Ten semifinals on Saturday in Minneapolis.
Tipoff is 4:30 p.m. Eastern. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Lynette Woodard had 3,649 points for Kansas from 1977-81, before the NCAA took over women's sports from the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Clark earlier this season passed Kelsey Plum for the women's NCAA career scoring record.
Pearl Moore of Francis Marion has 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.
Maravich set his record with no 3-point line and in only three seasons (1967-70), because freshmen at that point weren't allowed to play on varsity teams.
The all-time, all-division top college scorers' list (men and women):
1. John Pierce, David Lipscomb (Tenn.), 1990-94, 4,230 points. NAIA. (all-time leader, all divisions, men or women).
2. Philip Hutcheson, David Lipscomb (Tenn.), 1986-90, 4,106 points. NAIA.
3. Pearl Moore, Francis Marion (S.C), 1975-79, 4,061 points. AIAW. (all-time women's leader).
4. Travis Grant, Kentucky St., 1969-72, 4,045 points. NCAA D-II.
5. Grace Beyer, Health Sciences and Pharmacy, 2020-24, 3,961 points. NAIA.
6. Miriam Walker-Samuels, Claflin (S.C.), 1987-1990, 3,855 points. NAIA.
7. Deb Remmerde, Northwestern (Iowa), 2004-08, 3,854 points. NAIA.
8. Bob Hopkins, Grambling (La.), 1953-56, 3,759 points. NCAA D-II.
9. Archie Talley, Salem College (W.Va.), 1973-76, 3,720 points. NCAA D-II.
(asterisk)10. Caitlin Clark, Iowa, 2020-current, 3,709 points (through March 8. All-time NCAA D-I leader).
11. Steve Platt, Huntington College (Ind.), 1971-74, 3,700 points. NAIA.
12. Pete Maravich, LSU, 1967-70, 3,667 points. NCAA D-I.
13. Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy, 2018-23, 3,664 points. NCAA D-I.
14. Lynette Woodard, Kansas, 1977-81, 3,649 points. AIAW.
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