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          Tom Brady, Angel Reese laud Caitlin Clark's scoring record

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          Caitlin Clark sets scoring record in women's college basketball with logo 3 (1:44)

          Iowa's Caitlin Clark surpasses Kelsey Plum to become women's college basketball's all-time leading scorer. (1:44)

          • ESPN staffFeb 16, 2024, 03:20 AM

          Division I women's college basketball has a new all-time scoring leader -- Caitlin Clark.

          Averaging a career high 32.1 points per game, the No. 4 Iowa Hawkeyes guard headed into Thursday needing 8 points to pass Kelsey Plum's record of 3,527.

          She scored Iowa's first three baskets, including two 3-pointers, to give the Hawkeyes an early 8-6 lead and secured the record two minutes and 12 seconds into the game. Clark passed Plum's record with a signature logo 3-pointer in the first quarter Thursday against the Hawkeyes' Big Ten rival Michigan Wolverines at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

          She finished the opening frame with a career-best 23 and accounted for 31 of Iowa's 33 points in the first quarter. She also scored or assisted on all 12 of the Hawkeyes' field goals.

          She finished with a career-high and program record 49 points to bring her career point total to 3,569. Clark also added 13 assists and five rebounds in the 106-89 win.

          With four conference games remaining, she is just 98 points away from tying Pete Maravich's record (3,667) for most career points in Division I history for men and women.

          It took Clark 126 games to become the all-time leading scorer, compared to 139 for Plum. The former Washington Huskies guard dropped 57 points in her final regular season career game in 2017 to pass Jackie Stiles' previous record.

          Plum was among one of the earliest figures to congratulate Clark on her record-breaking performance -- in fact, she did it four days early.

          From Tom Brady and Nike, to Billie Jean King and Angel Reese, praise poured in for D-I women's basketball's new scoring leader.