who is Caitlin clark
She should get an award just for being white
Frustrating game for this Buckeye.
I heard this on Fox & Friends. Pistol Pete set the record in 3 years, without a three point line, averaging 50 points a game. So there should be an asterisk.
Love Clark love game love her story and profile but damn I wish she would just stop whining about being fouled every time she shoots.
Love whats happening with Clark and Iowa women’s Basketball, but she has not broken the all time record, just the major schools record division I. Yes she will pass Pistol Pete but not the top two record holders.
Hutcheson and Pierce set their scoring records while Lipscomb College was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA).
Hutcheson was the heart of the Bisons offense during his tenure on the team from 1986-1990. He led his Bison basketball team to a career record of 139–16. Scoring double figures every game of his four-year collegiate career, Hutcheson also holds the Lipscomb single season records for points scored (1,277), field goals attempted (826), field goals made (518) and free throws attempted (339).
He currently holds the Lipscomb University career records for free throws attempted (1,176), field goals attempted (2,621), most games played (155), double-figure games (155), 2nd highest point total (4,106) and rebound total (1,112).
Hutcheson broke the existing all-time scoring mark of 4,045 points set by Travis Grant of Kentucky State in the NAIA national tournament in a third round game against Pfeiffer (NC) on March 16, 1990.
A Lipscomb Academy graduate, Hutcheson was inducted into the Lipscomb University Athletic Hall of Fame and the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1997, had his jersey number 44 retired by the school – the first in Lipscomb history.
Pierce, a teammate of Hutcheson’s, watched him do interview after interview during his red shirt season as a freshman in 1989-90. In 1990, Pierce received the nod as the player who would eventually replace the legendary Philip Hutcheson.
Pierce wasted little time at chasing his predecessor, as he netted 22 points in 21 minutes and grabbed nine rebounds in his first game in a Bison uniform. . In Pierce’s time at Lipscomb (1990-1994), the Bisons compiled an overall record of 129-19, qualifying for the NAIA national tournament all four years.
On Feb. 24, 1994, the clock read 4:54 in the second half against Cumberland University. After being held to only eight points in the first half, Pierce exploded in the second half to become Lipscomb and College Basketball’s all-time scorer. After the game many of the old-timers who had seen nearly every game in Lipscomb’s McQuiddy Gym could be heard saying that never before had McQuiddy Gym erupted like the moment when Pierce laid the soft bankshot off the glass to surpass Hutcheson. Today, Hutcheson’s 4,106-career points stands as the second-highest scoring total in all of college basketball.
Scoring in double digits in every game that he played, Pierce’s 4,230 career point total still stands as the national mark for a college career.
She is a tremendous player and deserves all the accolades she is receiving.
Having said that...let’s remember that the “3 Point” shot did not exist during the Pete Maravich era. And...if you ever saw Maravich play...he had more 3’s than anyone else at the time.
Problem was...back then, they were 2’s...
....and to honor her achievement, all the announcers can talk about is other black players who were better.
Caitlin is a woman basketball player who plays on an all-woman team in an all-woman league. She may be six feet tall (so what, some men players are seven feet tall) so she is not some "trans-man" pretending to be a woman so he can excel at a sport he sucked in when playing with other men.
So we should be celebrating Caitlin's achievement. She's a real woman who is a basketball superstar among women.
PS. Records are made to be broken. Next up, Juju Watkins USC (F) watch.
Comparing Clark and Maravich is really apples to oranges. Both of them are outstanding for various reasons. It really is like the argument of the greatest HR hitter in MLB history. Many people will say Babe Ruth because of the sheer dominance he had over everyone else even though Bonds has the most in the final tally.
Arguments are over shots per game with Clark and Maravich. Yes he took many more and each one was worth two points. An LSU official went back over the shot charts that they had kept for Pete’s games and awarded that extra point for what would have been a 3 in today’s game. Pete would have averaged 57 a game based on the data! While the charts may have not been precise, one could safely say he would have been around 52-53 PPG. The discrepancy in FGA pretty much disappears right there if he is averaging 24-25 points per game more than her. Wow. Also, remember that the women play with a smaller ball. How many baskets did Pete lose due this fact that Clark had an extra 2 inches of space to utilize? It also would make his shooting percentages lower.
It is not my intention to bring Clark’s achievements down. What I mean to point out is how incredible Maravich was. LSU was not a good team when he arrived. Pete made them respectable. It is a shame they didn’t have a 64-68 team tourney field back when he played. So many great players never got to showcase their talents to the country.
Reminds me of Pete Maravich as far as putting on a show for the fans.