Clark should break Plum's record next year imo. She needs just over 800 points next season and she had over 1,000 this season alone. Another 1,000 point season would be enough to break Maravich's record also. With Czinano leaving, I think Iowa's gonna have to rely on her scoring even more next year so she has a great chance of surpassing both records.
Barring injury she should accomplish this. Even more impressive, Clark’s missed out on about 7-8 games too due to covid her first 2 seasons. She also has a shot to set the scoring record, hit 1000 rebounds, 1000 assists and finish top 2-3 in 3pt FG all time in 4 years (minus the Covid games). If she uses her Covid year she’ll obliterate several other records.
Good points, ballnut90. I'll add that Caitlin led the nation in both scoring and assists as a freshman and sophomore, and would have made it three straight seasons had it not been for Maddy Siegrist's great season.
Commenting on your preview. Caitlin will still get her points, but having a bigger yet versatile frontcourt featuring Stuelke and O'Grady may surprise. Stuelke focused on what the coaches needed from her this season, but she has 3pt range, goes off the dribble, now has post moves, and can dunk in the open court. O'Grady has size, mobility, and some range on her shot too. If they go smaller with Martin at the 4, plenty of shooters on the bench in Davis who saw good minutes, McCabe one of the best shooters in her class, and hopefully the healthy return of Kyle Feuerbach. Syd Affolter will see an expanded role too, love her defense and rebounding, can score at all levels. I think Lisa will have to expand her bench players roles next season so will be interesting.
Reese and Shakira Austin are very much alike in their play. Imagine Maryland had them both, played them at the 5, they both transferred because they were playing the 5, only to play the 5 at their new school…and be great at it. I think she’ll be a great pro.
Pete played 83 games in 3 seasons. NCAA rules prohibited freshmen playing on varsity. He averaged 43.6 ppg in 19 games on the Freshman team.
Wait, what? No way were they alike other than both being at Maryland and transferring out. Reese was way more skilled and agile at the 4 and the 5 than Austin ever was. Reese is clutch, where as Shakira is not (at least during her college days). Shakira has proven to be a much better pro than I ever envisioned. You are right on these two plus Aja Wilson/Azura Stevens who all envision themselves as wings despite their size and paint skills.
One more factor in defense of Pete’s scoring record is the fact that when he played there was no shot clock in collegiate basketball The shot clock increases the number of possessions during a game giving the players more opportunities to score.
