Positioned all by herself at the free-throw line, Caitlin Clark with her foul shots made her way to the top of the NCAA Division 1 scoring board.
Her team, No. 6 Iowa, won against No. 2 Ohio State with a score of 93-83, all thanks to her two free throws on a technical penalty. Clark undoubtedly surpassed the previous 54-year-old record held by Pete Maravich.
Clark needed to score eighteen points to beat Maravich’s record of 3,667 points, which the player accumulated in a total of 83 games. She made history by gaining 3,685 points in her 130 games.
Clark – Highest scoring
Caitlin stated: “Just to be in the same realm of all these players who have been so successful, whether it’s Pete or Kelsey Plum or Lynette Woodard — all these people have just given so much to the game,”
“Hopefully somebody comes after me and breaks my records and I can be there supporting them,” she added.
She was well-known for her 3-pointers, and after Cotie McMahon was called for giving her a slight shove during a dead ball, Caitlin was summoned at the foul line with less than a second remaining in the first half.
Caitlin, unaware of her record-breaking free throw, has averaged 28.3 points in her basketball career. She’ll enter the 2024 WNBA draft, skipping eligibility.