Iowa's Caitlin Clark gets 16th triple-double, nears more records - ESPN

Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark got her 16th career triple-double Sunday, moved closer to more career scoring marks and had a spot on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor memorialized for her.

Coming off a tough loss Thursday at Indiana, the No. 4 Hawkeyes looked much more like themselves in a 101-85 victory over Illinois in Iowa City, Iowa. Clark had 24 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, her fifth triple-double this season. She was one assist away from that Thursday in the 86-69 loss in Bloomington, Indiana.

Iowa has won all 16 games in which Clark has had a triple-double. Her career total is second among NCAA Division I women's or men's players, behind Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu, who had 26 triple-doubles from 2016 to 2020.

Before Sunday's matchup, a «22 Clark» decal was affixed to the court in the spot where Clark hit a deep 3-pointer on Feb. 15 vs. Michigan that broke the NCAA women's basketball scoring record, previously held by Washington's Kelsey Plum.

«I didn't really see it until I came out to warm up,» Clark said of the decal. «I knew, because Coach [Lisa] Bluder had told me about it. It's cool. Honestly, it seems a bit further back than where I actually shot it from, but that's where they claim I shot it from.

»It's super special; that's something I'll always remember and a shot I'll always remember. I'm thankful for this university and the athletic department that wanted to do that; they didn't have to do that."

Clark is now at 3,617 points; she will need 33 to pass Kansas' Lynette Woodard for the women's major-college record. Woodard, who played in the pre-NCAA era from 1977 to 1981, had 3,649 points and is the AIAW major-college record holder. Pearl Moore, who played at Francis Marion from 1975 to '79, is the