Pete Maravich, a prolific scorer for Louisiana State in the late 1960s, owned the record, having scored 3,667 points in three seasons at LSU. (At that time, freshman could not play on the varsity squad. Maravich had scored 741 points as a freshman.)

With a free throw near the end of the first half of her team's last regular-season game, against Ohio State, Clark secured a points total of 3,668. She has averaged 32.2 points a game this season, including a season-high 49 against Michigan in February.

After the game, the typically modest Clark said, "It's really to think about. Honestly, if you would've told me that when my college career started, I would have laughed in your face."

Just one game ago, Clark passed the all-time women's scoring record, held by Lynette Woodard. The Kansas standout scored 3,649 points in four seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when women played under the auspices of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, which disbanded in 1981, replaced by the NCAA.

The existing NCAA scoring record had been held by Washington star Kelsey Plum, who scored 3,527 points in four seasons, from 2013 to 2017.

As a junior in 2023, Clark led her team to the finals of the NCAA Tournament. She gained applause across the country for making very long three-points, some back near the half-court line. LSU defeated Iowa in that final, one of the most-watched in women's college basketball history. Clark was the NCAA National Player of the Year that year.

Clark also passed the 1,000 assist mark this year; she is only the sixth women's player in NCAA history to do so.

Clark technically can play again for Iowa in 2025. The NCAA granted her a waiver year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she has already declared her intention to go pro and enter the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is expected to be the No. 1 pick.