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Caitlin Clark record-breaking season and legendary collegiate basketball career has come to an end. The Iowa Hawkeyes fell short of what would have been the team’s first NCAA championship win April 7, losing to the South Carolina Gamecocks, 87-75. The 22-year-old wrapped her career as the all-time leading scorer, male or female, in NCAA Division I hoops history, scoring 3,951 points, 1,144 assists, two national player of the year honors and two national runner up finishes.
Magic Johnson also took a moment on X to honor Clark’s career and impact on women’s basketball. “Caitlin Clark’s extraordinary play this season has been the catalyst for growing women’s basketball, with record-breaking viewership throughout the tournament. She deserves her flowers and I want to congratulate her on an incredible collegiate career!” he wrote, adding the flower bouquet emoji. The Hawkeyes shared on X a shot of Clark walking out of the stadium, writing “The greatest of all time.
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