Caitlin Clark, une star de l’Iowa, ajoute 35 points pour monter au deuxième rang all-time du classement NCAA. (CNN)— Avec chaque passe, la star du basketball universitaire Caitlin Clark continue de faire des records.
On Wednesday soir, the reigning consensus National Player of the Year moved up to second place on the all-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball scoring leaderboard after her Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Northwestern Wildcats with a score of 110-74.
Selon ESPN, Clark a commencé le match en terminant à la quatrième place sur la liste de points, après avoir dépassé la légende de la WNBA Brittney Griner en January. Il est également à four points derrière Jackie Stiles de Missouri State et à treize points derrière la seconde place de l’ancien joueur de l’Ohio State Kelsey Mitchell.
Clark a fourni une autre performance impressionnante en marquant 35 points, augmentant ainsi son total à 3,424, soit seulement 103 points derrière le record all-time de Kelsey Plum.
En même temps, le natif d’Iowa est devenu le meilleur scoreur de l’histoire de la Big Ten Conference.
après le match, Clark a déclaré : “These coaches put me in positions to be successful, and you know, I’ve had a lot of really good teammates in my time here, and I can’t do it without all of them.” Without Coach [Lisa] Bluder giving me the offense key, I can’t do it.
“It’s cool to be in the same vicinity as some of those names – a lot of people I grew up idolizing and looking up to – so definitely special for me.”
Additionally, Clark contributed 10 assists, marking her 54th double-double in her career, and collected six rebounds for the Hawkeyes. Additionally, it was her fiftieth game in her career with at least 30 points, which is the highest point scored in men’s or women’s college basketball over the past 25 seasons.
If she enters the 2024 WNBA draft, the 22-year-old is expected to be selected first overall by the Indiana Fever. However, because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on previous NCAA seasons, she has the option to remain at college for an additional year.
Iowa’s sophomore forward Hannah Stuelke an ajouté 17 points et 9 rebounds, tandis que la guard Kate Martin an ajouté 16. Northwestern was led by Melannie Daley with 19 points from the bench.
Pendant moins de trois minutes de jeu, les Hawkeyes ont pris le dessus et n’ont pas abandonné leur avance.
Nous sommes arrivés là-bas et nous sommes améliorés. Following the game, Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said, “I love 28 assists on five turnovers, four people in double figures.” With this many games to go, Caitlin becomes the all-time leading Big Ten scorer. Je suis toujours extrêmement fier de elle.
Following their road victory on Wednesday, the Hawkeyes improve to 20-2 in their quest for a second straight appearance in the national championship. Bluder’s team will try to improve on their last year’s performance, having fallen at the last hurdle against the LSU Tigers in 2023.
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