Iowa's Caitlin Clark passes Pete Maravich for scoring record - ESPN

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark has joked about being nicknamed «Ponytail Pete» in recognition of how her game resembles that of «Pistol Pete» Maravich.

On Sunday in her last regular-season home game, the Iowa star passed the LSU and NBA legend for the most points scored by a Division I basketball player, men's or women's.

On senior day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Clark entered the game against Big Ten regular-season champion Ohio State needing 18 points to pass Maravich, who scored 3,667 points in his three seasons at LSU from 1967 to 1970.

She did that in the first half and then finished the game with 35 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in No. 6 Iowa's 93-83 victory over No. 2 Ohio State. It ended the 15-game winning streak of the Buckeyes, avenged Iowa's overtime loss at Ohio State in January and put Clark at 3,685 career points. The Hawkeyes (26-4) and Buckeyes (25-4) are the top two seeds in the Big Ten tournament and could meet again next week in Minneapolis.

«It's really crazy to think about,» Clark said when asked about having scored more points than anyone who has played Division I basketball. «Honestly, if you would have told me that before my college career started, I would've 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 for teams that are really, really good."

Clark got the record in a rather improbable way. After Clark missed a 3-pointer on her last shot attempt of the first half, the Hawkeyes had one more chance at the basket after an Ohio State miss. Iowa's Hannah Stuelke was fouled by Madison Greene, and