Huge Caitlin Clark milestone surpassed by teen phenom JuJu Watkins amid quest to steal all-time scoring crown

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USC women's basketball star JuJu Watkins surpassed one of Caitlin Clark's biggest milestones on Sunday night and took another step closer to overtaking Clark in the college basketball record books. 

In a 72-67 loss to UCLA in the Big 10 championship game, Watkins put up 29 points to officially move past Clark's mark for points scored by a player across their first two seasons. 

Clark put up 1,662 points in her first two seasons, while Watkins now has 1,684. That puts Watkins just behind Kelsey Mitchell for most by any player in their first two seasons, as Mitchell holds the record with 1,762. 

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USC women's basketball player Juju Watkins before a recent game at Cal St. Long Beach in Long Beach, California, on Dec. 21, 2023. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

However, Watkins has a chance to surpass Mitchell and gain even more ground on Clark, as she still has yet to play in this year's NCAA Tournament. 

Watkins has a chance to break Clark's record for most points scored by a basketball player, men's or women's, in NCAA history. Clark broke the mark in her historic senior season in 2023-24, with 3,951. 

Watkins replaced Clark as the face of women's college basketball after Clark began her WNBA career last year, and the teen admits that breaking Clark's record is something that she keeps in the back of her mind. 

"Naturally, being on pace, it's always in the back of my mind," Watkins previously told Fox News Digital in an exclusive