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Caitlin Clark, Iowa WBB star, breaks Division I record in loss to UConn
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Caitlin Clark joined elite company after Sunday’s 86-79 loss to UConn. According to ESPN Women’s Hoops, Clark recorded her 35th career game where she has accounted for at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, passing former Oregon Ducks guard Sabrina Ionescu for the most by a Division I player.
In today’s loss to UConn, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark recorded her 35th career game with 20-plus points, 5-plus rebounds and 5-plus assists. She passes Sabrina Ionescu for the most by a Division I player in the Statspass Era (since 1999-00 season), per @ESPNStatsInfo. pic.twitter.com/k9pfHmiocj
— ESPN Women's Hoops (@ESPN_WomenHoop) November 27, 2022
In the game against UConn, Clark scored 25 points shooting 9-of-24 in field goal as well as accounting for 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
In the first 6 games of the 2022-2023 college basketball season, Clark is averaging 27 points per game shooting a field-goal percentage of 47.2%, a three-point shooting percentage of 34%, and a free-throw percentage of 80%. She is also averaging 6.8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 1.3 steals. Clark is fourth in the nation in points accounted for per game.
She has recorded 2 double-doubles this season. Her lowest-scoring game came in the 87-34 blowout win over Southern in the first game of the season. Clark accounted for 20 points and 9 rebounds in the win.