Despite Rivalry, Angel Reese Looks Up to Emulate Caitlin Clark’s Influence on the Future of Women’s Basketball
Right now in NCAA women’s basketball, Caitlin Clark is the undisputed leader. The Iowa Hawkeyes forward is influencing basketball’s future as much as it is present with her skill on the floor and her magnetism off it.
Fans clearly adore Clark, according to a quick poll by a local television station. When inquired about, people like Ethan Logston, a sports enthusiast, do not hold back in praising the basketball player.
Angel Reese congratulates Caitlin Clark 🤝 pic.twitter.com/YmaW2iiE67
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 16, 2024
“She’s a positive person and she never gives up. I like that she is determined to keep playing and breaking a lot of records,” Speaking of Clark’s most recent accomplishment, Logston stated. The athlete surpassed Kelsey Plum’s 3,527 career points with 5,543 points on Thursday, the 15th, to create a new record.
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Fans, however, are aware of the effort Clark made to succeed where she is: “It means you don’t have to go to like a fancy college or anything to be as good. You can just start anywhere if you put in the work,” said Vanessa Logston.
The conflict involving Angel Reese
Due to Clark’s quick rise, he and Angel Reese of the LSU Tigers are now direct rivals. The forward has distinguished herself as a ferocious opponent on the floor in addition to becoming a social media celebrity in her own right.
Angel Reese hypes up rival Caitlin Clark after Iowa star breaks NCAA scoring record https://t.co/OYXrPc2GCJ pic.twitter.com/IHG2UbvYJL
— New York Post (@nypost) February 16, 2024
The metrics don’t really reveal anything about this rivalry because it’s difficult to compare players who play completely different positions. Reese scores 19.5 points, grabs 12.6 rebounds, and dishes out 2.5 assists a game on average, while Clark scores 32.8 points, grabs 6.9 rebounds, and dishes out 8.5 assists.
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Similarly, there are fewer meetings between LSU and Iowa because the latter is a member of the Big Ten and LSU of the Southeastern Conference. Nevertheless, there was no shortage of trash talk between the players before and after the game, as evidenced by their most recent altercation.
It has to do with inheritance.
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For the time being, Clark’s legacy is already evident because, in addition to being the greatest scorer in NCAA women’s basketball history, she also has a chance to surpass Pete Maravich’s all-time record of 3,667 points.
Although Reese is just in her third year of college, she still has time to finish her scoring streak at 1,957 points.
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Angel is not only very productive, but she also inspires her colleagues and leads by example. Though Clark is about to make the move to the WNBA, where she will wait for Reese’s arrival in a few years, the same can be said of Iowa’s guard, thus the rivalry between the two women will endure.
