Iowa's Caitlin Clark becomes first DI player to register consecutive 30-point triple-doubles
Fri, Jan 21, 2022
NCAAB News (AP)
Iowa star Caitlin Clark is continuing to take the college basketball world by storm. On Thursday, the sophomore guard became the first Division I men's or women's player in history to record back-to-back triple-doubles while scoring 30 or more points in both games.
In addition, Clark also became the first player in Big Ten women's basketball history to have consecutive triple-doubles.
She scored 35 points on 14-of-21 shooting while also securing 13 rebounds and dishing out 11 assists in a 105-49 win over Minnesota. She also tied a career-high in rebounds and scored or assisted on 60 of Iowa's points.
Clark's 35 points were tied for the fourth-most in Division I women's basketball history for a player that recorded a triple-double. LSU's Cornelia Gayden scored 43 points in a 1995 triple-double, while Long Beach State's Cindy Brown and Alabama's Daisha Simmons each had 37 in their respective triple-double performances.
Clark's total tied Rider's Stella Johnson, who also scored 35 points in a 2018 triple-double.
In Sunday's 93-83 win over Nebraska, Clark scored 31 points while grabbing 10 rebounds and registering 10 assists. With these back-to-back triple-doubles, she now has five triple-doubles over the course of her collegiate career -- and four of them have come this season.
