Ketleen Clarke is officially All-Time NCAA Division I Basketball Scoring Leader.
Star Iowa Guard broke the scoring record of Pete Marvich for men or women in the second quarter of the Sunday game against the number 2 Ohio state at Carver-Hockey Arena in Iowa City.
Clarke entered the matchup required 18 points to cross Marvich’s 3,667 points record. His record-setting bucket came on a free throw in the last second of the half.
This was a slow start for Clarke on Sunday – he scored six points on 2 for 7 shoots in the first quarter, but the senior turned it on to another quarter. He hit a 3-pointer in the initial minute, then hit another long-range jumper, followed by a paste to reach for more than six minutes for more than 14 points after a trimmed.
Sitting just four points away from Marvich’s record, Clarke scored another leup in the last minute of the second quarter. Then, with 0.3 seconds, he hit two free throw to tie and break the record.
Clarke first became an all-time NCAA female scoring leader after breaking a record of 3,527 career points of Calsey Plum on 15 February. He then broke the 3,650 point -point -point women’s major college scoring records of 3,650 points on February 28.
Clarke’s latest scoring feat came to the last home regular-seasons of his college career, after announcing that it would leave the final year of collegiate eligibility on its final year and enter the 2024 WNBA draft. The 22 -year -old will probably be selected with the No. 1 overall pick, owned by Indiana fever.
The last two sessions won the WNBA draft lottery held on 10 December after the end of 13–27 and jointly 18–58 in the last two sessions. This was the second direct season that fever conquered the lottery, using the top pick to select Aliah Boston last year, which went to nomine the year’s stalled.
Who is Pete Marvich?
Pete Marvich, named Pistol Pete, was a star on the Male Basketball Team (1967–1970) of LSU. His father was the head coach of the press, team.
Playing in just three years for tigers, Maravich scored 3,667 points to set NCAA Division I Scoring Records.
Marvich was selected in the 1970 NBA draft by Hawks. He stayed for four sessions in Atlanta before playing for New Orleans and Utah Jazz (1974–1980). In 1980, he joined Boston Celtics before retiring at the end of that season due to knee problems.
The Hall of Famer died at the age of 40 after dealing with heart defects during a pickup game in 1988.
Iowa Hawkis star Ketleen Clarke passed the Kelsey Plum to become an all-time scoring leader in NCAA women basketball.