CNN —Iowa’s Caitlin Clark continues to rack up the milestones as she moved into fourth on the all-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball scoring leaderboard.
The reigning consensus national player of the year dropped 32 points in a 96-50 blowout win against the Wisconsin Badgers on Wednesday as she passed WNBA legend Brittney Griner in the record books.
“I was really happy with our defense in this game,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said after the game.
Charlie Neibergall/APIn her senior year, Clark is leading the nation with 30.9 points per game and Kelsey Plum’s all-time women’s college basketball scoring record of 3,527 is now a tangible target.
Her performances have been credited with increasing the popularity of women’s college basketball.
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