Caitlin Clark will one day look back on the game she became the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, passing men’s basketball legend Pete Maravich. Sunday, though, wasn’t about Pistol Pete – at least for Clark.

Clark entered Sunday’s top-10 showdown between No. 6 Iowa and No. 2 Ohio State needing just 18 points to top Maravich’s total to become the NCAA scoring leader. Caitlin Clark Fever reached its peak, as the chance to see hoops history drove ticket prices to record highs to be in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday.

In the national spotlight and on Senior Day, it was virtually guaranteed that Clark would break the record. Clark came through, breaking the record at the free-throw line as part of a 35-point day.

Breaking the record was great for the fans who wanted to see a historic moment. Women’s basketball was in the spotlight, and Clark delivered another unforgettable moment.

Clark, though, doesn’t have time to let the record sink in.

“I feel like I’m so focused on helping this team win and be so great that it’s hard for me to wrap my head around everything that’s going on,” Clark said after Sunday’s 93-83 win over Ohio State. “I think I’m just trying to soak in the moment.

“A record is a record, I don’t want that to be the reason people remember me. I hope people remember me for the way I play with a smile on my face, my competitive fire. Sure they can remember the wins, but also just the fun me and my teammates had together.”

Clark has established herself as one of the all-time greats. The greats find a way to lift their teammates up using that competitive fire. One thing Clark isn’t competing for is attention. Always classy, Clark does the opposite, making sure her Iowa teammates get a share of the spotlight.

While Caitlin Clark Fever undoubtedly puts basketball fans in the seats, the Hawkeyes give them more to cheer for.

“I think people that are showing up and coming to our games, like they really love the way our team plays, they’re cheering for everyone — when Gabbie (Marshall) makes a 3, when Kate (Martin) makes a 3, you can just feel the energy and the joy and the excitement that our team plays with,” Clark said when asked about famous faces showing up.

“And that’s contagious. Our fans give us that energy, but we give it right back to them. And I think that’s what’s been so fun about this whole ride is the style of basketball we play is people love it. They’re not just here for me. I’m sure I help, but at the end of the day, we have a really great team and a really great culture, and that’s what makes it so fun.”

Toward the end of Sunday’s press conference, Clark was asked again about breaking the NCAA scoring record. She acknowledged that one day it will feel different.

“It’s really crazy to think about, honestly,” Clark said. “If you would have told me that before my college career started, I would have laughed in your face and been like, ‘No, you’re insane.’ I’ve always been able to score the ball, but I don’t think people really understand how many amazing players have come before me and been able to score the ball and do it at such a high rate and do it for teams that are really, really good.

“Just to be in the realm of all these players that have been so successful, whether it’s Pete (Maravich), or whether it’s Kelsey Plum or Lynette Woodard, all these people have just given so much to the game. So, hopefully, somebody comes after me and breaks my records and I can be there supporting them. And that’s what makes the game of basketball so fun. But yeah, it’ll definitely hit me at some point.”

The calendar has flipped to March, and there’s plenty of Madness ahead. Clark, though, is too focused on helping Iowa to a championship to think about when “some point” will be.

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