Caitlin Clark makes history as she becomes the first athlete – male or female – to have 3,000+ points, 900+ assists and 800+ rebounds in a career after starring in Iowa’s win vs. Minnesota that also saw the guard break Big Ten record

Caitlin Clark made history by becoming the first D-I player – male or female – to have more than 3,000 points, 900 or more assists and 800 or more rebounds in a career when she became the Big Ten’s all-time assist leader after Iowa defeated Minnesota .

On Saturday, Clark, 21, had 10 assists, 35 points and five rebounds in a 94-71 win for the Lady Hawkeyes against the Golden Gophers. She now has 904 assists since her freshman year at Iowa (the 2020-2021 season) and moved into fifth all-time on the NCAA Division I career scoring list with 3,149 points.

What’s more, Clark recorded her sixth double-double of the season and 49th of her career against Minnesota as she continues to break records in women’s basketball.

“I have a couple of storage units at home that my parents put stuff in,” said Clark, whose assists surpassed Samantha Prahalis’ 901. ‘The 3,000-point ball is just in our dressing room. Sometimes it gets lost in my locker, I don’t know, until I clean it out, or until I have one of my teammates clean it out. They get so annoyed that they clean it up for me.”

The record-breaking assist came on a pass that Hawkeyes forward Hannah Stuelke, who had 19 points, turned into a layup with 47 seconds left in the third quarter.

“Caitlin always finds me,” Stuelke said.

However, all of Clark’s milestones are something that Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder has come to appreciate.

“I’m enjoying it,” Bluder said. ‘It’s so much fun. I want her to get double-doubles, I want her to break records. For me it’s so nice to see her do that. I never tire of her passing.”

Clark was shooting well in Saturday’s game, shooting 13-of-22 from the field, including 8-of-16 on three-pointers.

Iowa (13-1, 2-0 Big Ten) extended its winning streak to 10 games, the program’s longest streak since the 2004-05 team opened the season with 13 straight victories.

Amaya Battle had 16 points for Minnesota (11-2, 1-1).

“Iowa is a great team, and anytime you give a great team a little bit, it can go a long way,” Battle said. “We didn’t come out strong and they took advantage of that.”

The 21-year-old had 10 assists and 35 points against the Golden Gophers in a 94-71 win for Iowa

Mara Braun had 15 points and Sophie Hart added 13 for the Golden Gophers.

“Obviously, Iowa played at a very high level and did good things,” Minnesota coach Dawn Plitzweit said. “They outsmarted us early and we dug ourselves a hole. They attacked and got to the rim, and for whatever reason we didn’t help each other much.”

The Hawkeyes hadn’t played since beating Loyola Chicago on Dec. 21, but showed with a strong start that the long layoff wouldn’t be a problem. Bluder cut the rotation down to just eight players in the first half and got contributions from everyone.

Next up for Iowa is a home game against Michigan State on Tuesday.