IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors the conference office announced on Monday.
This marks Clark’s 20th weekly award from the conference, which is second-most in conference history. She garnered weekly honors six times last season and for the second time this season.
Clark led Iowa to three wins in three days at the Gulf Coast Showcase over, Purdue Fort Wayne, FGCU, and No. 14 Kansas State. This week she averaged 27.3 ppg, 6.7 apg, 4.7 rpg, and 2.0 spg.
PLAYER NOTES
– Clark was named the GC Showcase Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
– Over the last 25 seasons, no one has recorded more 30+ points games than Clark (40).
– Clark has 45 career games with 25+ points, 5+ assists, and 5+ rebounds (NCAA Best).
– Clark has scored 20 or more points in 93 of her 108 career games at the University of Iowa, which is the most in school history.
– Clark has netted a 3-point basket in 66 consecutive games which is an NCAA best.
– Clark’s six assists in the first quarter against Purdue Fort Wayne, ties for second-most by an individual in a quarter in Iowa WBB history. It marks the fifth time in her career she has recorded six or more assists in a quarter.
– Clark recorded a season-high seven 3-pointers made against PFW.
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UP NEXT
The fifth-ranked Hawkeyes will return home to host Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 12:30 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The contest will air on FS1 and the Hawkeye Radio Network.