Iowa's Caitlin Clark passes Steph Curry for NCAA single-season record for made 3s

Caitlin Clark has made history. Again.

The Iowa women's basketball star — in a season where she already has passed Kelsey Plum and Pete Maravich to top the NCAA's career scoring record — set another, single-season mark in the Hawkeyes' Big Ten Women's Tournament game vs. Penn State.

With her first 3-pointer of Friday's game — which came in the fourth quarter — Clark hit her 163rd 3-pointer of the 2023-24 basketball season. With that shot, she broke the NCAA single-season record for most made 3s. She passed former Davidson standout and Warriors legend Steph Curry and Liberty guard Darius McGhee, both of whom made 162 3s in the 2007-08 and 2022-23 college basketball seasons, respectively.

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Clark entered Friday's game vs. the Nittany Lions tied with Curry and McGhee with 162 made 3s this season (out of 412 attempts — an impressive 39.3% shooting clip). She now owns the outright NCAA record.

Clark spoke on her achievement after the game, and her appreciation of Curry, who originally set the mark in 2007-08:

"Took me a while but that's what makes it fun," Clark said after the game on the Big Ten Network telecast. "Some of the best shooters in the world, they have off nights like that from the 3-point line, but they all felt good and that's all you can ask. Steph is amazing, and someone that I grew up idolizing, so a pretty cool moment and we're excited that we get maybe two more games in this building in front of our fans."

Here's all you need to know of Clark's latest record-breaking achievement:

Caitlin Clark passes Steph Curry for 3-point record

Here's a video of Clark's record-breaking 3, which also gave Iowa a 70-48 lead with 8:35 to play.

How many 3s does Caitlin Clark have?

Clark made her 163rd 3-point shot with her first make vs. Penn State. She later added another vs. the Lady Nittany Lions, giving her a final shooting night of 2 of 14 from beyond the arc.

With those made shots, she now has 164 made 3s out of 426 attempts (38.5%) this season, with at least two more games left.

Caitlin Clark stats vs. Penn State

Clark had something of an "off" night vs. Penn State, scoring 24 points on 5-of-19 from the field and 2-of-14 shooting from beyond the arc. That said, she went 12 of 13 from the free throw line, adding 10 rebounds, seven assists, a steal and a block.