Caitlin Clark: the supernova driving women’s basketball to new heights

Iowa's electrifying basketball savant isn't just re-writing the NCAA record books. She's front and center of a boom time that is lifting the women's game to uncharted commercial heights

Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa basketball star, became the NCAA women's career scoring leader on Thursday night in classic Caitlin Clark fashion: pulling up from parallel to the logo at center court and launching a three-pointer that went straight through the rim. She did it barely two minutes into the game, and fittingly, her basket made the scoreline Clark 8, Michigan 6.

Eventually, Clark's teammates scored a few baskets, too. Because Clark is a completist, she only kept scoring after that. She finished with a career-high 49 points, 46% of Iowa's total, in a 106-89 home victory over Michigan. It was the most points any Iowa player has ever scored in a game, breaking a record Clark set earlier this season.