LeBron James Congratulates Iowa’s Caitlin Clark On Becoming All-Time NCAA Basketball Leading Scorer

LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, was not the only figure to create history this weekend. At the university level, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark eclipsed NBA Hall of Famer and LSU great ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich to become college basketball’s all-time top scorer.

Maravich set the mark in 1970, and it stood for more than 50 years until Clark broke it in her final regular-season college game. Clark accomplished it in the second quarter of Iowa’s game against the Ohio State Buckeyes, sinking two free throws to make history.

Clark’s scoring exploits have contributed significantly to the recent rebirth of women’s collegiate basketball. After breaking the record, she received a lot of encouragement, especially from LeBron. The Lakers star applauded
Clark currently has 3,685 points after scoring 35 in the Hawkeyes’ victory over Ohio State, and he still has plenty of time to increase that record even further. Iowa is presently ranked sixth and will compete in the Big Ten Conference Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. Clark, who won the National Championship last year, hopes to finish the job in her final season, since she has already indicated that she will enter the WNBA Draft following this season.

Maravich’s collegiate scoring record, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA all-time record, was supposed to be unbreakable in their lifetime. Maravich’s accomplishment was made even more astounding by the fact that he set the record without a 3-point line, whereas Clark is the all-time leader in 3-point shots taken in women’s college basketball.

Greatness sees greatness, and James knows shattering unbreakable records, so he made sure to compliment Clark on his excellent achievement. The women’s game is expanding, and LeBron wanted to make sure Clark got her flowers on this day.

LeBron James describes surpassing 40,000 points as bittersweet following the Lakers’ loss to the Nuggets.
While Clark reached his milestone in an overwhelming Iowa victory, LeBron James scored his 40,000th career point in a Lakers loss to the Denver Nuggets. As a result, while LeBron was grateful for the love offered to him, he stated it was bittersweet to set this record in a loss.
“But for me, the main thing is always the main thing, and that’s to win,” he remarked. “I just hate that it had to happen in a defeat, especially against a club that plays so brilliantly. And we played some nice basketball tonight but couldn’t finish it off. So bittersweet. But I had a great time tonight out on the floor.”