Iowa junior Caitlin Clark is known for her triple-double prowess and is up to 10 in her career after notching four this season heading into the NCAA tournament. That mark is good for second all-time in Division I women's basketball behind Sabrina Ionescu.
The bulk of Ionescu's 26 triple-doubles over 142 games, all of which she started, were in her junior and senior seasons. In addition to those, she had three more games in which she had at least nine points, nine rebounds and nine assists, according to Her Hoop Stats. And she scored at least eight of each category 36 times. Her career-high in steals is six.
Ionescu's first triple-double was in the seventh game of her collegiate career in November 2016; she added three more that season. The six she had as a sophomore tied her with Youngstown State's Danielle CarsonCarson was a senior in 1986 when she set the mark with the help of a record three consecutive ones that fall.
As a junior in December 2018, Ionescu broke the NCAA men's record, set two years prior as the overall NCAA Division I record. It was the 13th of her career, besting Kyle Collinsworth of BYU and pulling her further away from Chastadie Barrs, who had nine for the Lamar women's program from 2016-19. She broke her own season record with eight that season, including a memorable NCAA tournament one against Indiana. It was after that game that Ionescu. Murray State's Ja Morant had opened the men's tournament with a triple-double days prior and media outlets, including ESPN, incorrectly described it as the"first March Madness triple-double since 2012" when Ionescu had one the previous March.
As a senior, she added eight more jewels to her crown. Ionescu also holds the record for most seasons with a triple-double and most against one opponent with three against Arizona.
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