Maravich’s record stood for over 50 years before the 6-foot guard from Iowa wrote her name over it. Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum held the women’s NCAA scoring record for seven years before Clark passed it on Feb. 6.
‘‘Legacy’’ is a loaded word.
How a person defines the term is subjective.
People have been trying to define Caitlin Clark’s legacy for years, which is saying a lot, considering she’s only 22 years old and has a WNBA career on the horizon. When you’ve accomplished what Clark has, however, the need to define it this early is warranted.
On Sunday, Clark’s 35-point performance in No. 6 Iowa’s 93-83 victory against No. 2 Ohio State in Iowa City moved her past Pete Maravich and into first place on the NCAA’s all-time scoring list. Forget gender classifications. Clark has scored the most points in major-college basketball, period.
Certainly, that is what will define her legacy, right? How can anyone argue anything else when Clark’s records read like a never-ending list of utter dominance?
The thing about records, however, is that they can be broken. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, they almost all are rewritten at some point.
Maravich’s record stood for more than 50 years before Clark wrote her name over it.
