Caitlin Clark’s Record Breaking Performance Reminds Us So Much Of Pistol Pete

Perhaps as soon as this week, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark will shatter Pistol Pete Maravich’s record for most career points scored in college basketball.

Caitlin Clark’s Record-Breaking Performance Reminds Us So Much Of Pistol Pete

In addition to appreciating her historic career, the next few days offer a chance to remember — or maybe comprehend for the first time — exactly how extraordinary Maravich was.

“I was really impressed right off. She’s the real deal,” Maravich told OutKick last week. “And she looks like she could be a cousin or something. There is definitely a resemblance to my dad – the lanky build and real dark eyes. She shoots from 30 or 35 feet like he did, and she passes the ball like a magician. Not as flashy, but a real good ball handler, too. And no one could guard her.”

With her 24 points on Sunday, Clark’s career total now stands at 3,617. She is now 50 points short of surpassing Maravich’s record of 3,667 points earned at LSU between 1968 and 1970. 49 is her career high, against Belmont.

Clark has two games left in the regular season: on Wednesday, away to Minnesota, and on Sunday, perhaps her last one at home against Ohio State on Senior Day. Her average of 32 points per game means that on Senior Day, she will probably overtake Maravich.

In the event that Clark fails this week, she still has the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament to surpass Maravich and even somewhat separate herself from him.

What most of the country watched on Friday night, March 31, was what Jackie and Jaeson Maravich witnessed on ESPN. The highest number of people to watch a men’s or women’s college basketball game on ESPN since the Duke-North Carolina men’s game in 2008 was an average of 5.5 million.

In a national semifinal at the Final Four in Dallas, the Maraviches witnessed slender, lanky point guard Caitlin Clark of No. 2 Iowa score 41 points with eight assists and six rebounds to defeat No. 1 and 36-0 South Carolina, 77-73.

Clark became only the second player to score forty points or more in a Final Four game and the first player in the history of the women’s NCAA Tournament to score forty points or more in back-to-back games.

It is theoretically possible for her to increase her total significantly if she decides to play a fifth season at Iowa in 2024–2025; nevertheless, it makes far more sense for her to join the WNBA Draft following this season.

However, one of Clark’s numerous achievements is bringing the career of one of the most unique basketball players in history back to the fore.

Why is Caitlin Clark wearing Keough?

In honor of family friend Dan Keough, who fought colorectal cancer in 2012, Clark wore “Keough” on her jersey. During the breast cancer awareness game, every player on the Iowa squad wore a different name in remembrance of a loved one.

How much does Caitlin Clark make in Nil?

Caitlin Clark’s enormous earning potential as a collegiate athlete is demonstrated by her NIL value, which reached $739,000 in 2023.

Is Caitlin Clark sponsored by Nike?

Clark signed with Nike in the fall of 2022, just before her junior year, to become one of the brand’s first NIL basketball players, with Bronny James.

 

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