Coming into the game between the University of Iowa and the University of Michigan, on Thursday night, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark needed eight points to break the women’s N.C.A.A. scoring record. It took her all of two minutes and twelve seconds to do that. She got the ball off the opening tip and drove to the rim for a layup, fifteen seconds in. On Iowa’s second possession, she hit a three-point shot. Less than two minutes later, she got the ball and flew up the left side in transition. Suddenly, just over midcourt, more than ten feet behind the three-point line, she pulled up and let loose a long shot. The crowd boomed as the ball swished through the net. Clark flexed and danced up the sideline.
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