The Caitlin Countdown:
Caitlin had 32 points in #2 Iowa's (18-1, 7-0) 96-50 win over Wisconsin (8-9, 1-6) tonight.
3,306: Current Career Points.
27.2 ppg: The conservative number used in the calculations below. This was her scoring average in her first 100 Games (through her junior season).
Important Dates (based on that conservative 27 ppg scoring average):
Thurs Feb 22 at Indiana : Caitlin projected to break the NCAA Scoring Record of 3,527 points.
Sun March 3 vs Ohio State (Senior Day): the final regular season game. Will Caitlin participate in Senior Day?
Sat March 9 (the 2nd game of the B1G Tournament for a top 4 seed): Caitlin is projected to break Lynette Woodard's All Time Scoring Record of 3,649 points.
Milestones, with a projected 16 more games this season:
(1) 97 pts needed to break the
Big Ten record of 3,402 (Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State; 2015-2018; 139 GP; 24.5 ppg)
-----> Looks like she needs roughly 4 more games to do it (27 ppg x 4 games = 108), which would occur on
Sat Feb 3 at Maryland.
(2) 222 pts needed to break the
NCAA record of 3,527 (Kelsey Plum, University of Washington; 2014-2017; 139 GP; 25.4 ppg).
-----> Looks like she needs roughly 8 more games to do it (27 ppg x 8 games = 216), which would occur on
Thurs Feb 22 at Indiana.
(3) 344 pts needed to break the
AIAW record of 3,649 (Lynette Woodard, Kansas University; the AIAW was pre-NCAA; she played from 1978-1981; 139 GP; 26.3 ppg)
-----> Looks like she needs roughly 13 more games to do it (27 ppg x 13 games = 351), which would occur on
Sat March 9 in Minneapolis (the 2nd game of the B1G Tournament for a top 4 seed).
(4) On Nov 12, 2023, in a 94-53 win at UNI, Caitlin passed Megan Gustafson's 2,804 to become
Iowa's All Time Leading Scorer.
Iowa is now 18-1 with a
projected 16 more games to go this season. NOTE:
during the 2022-2023 season (38 games) we played 29 reg season games, 3 B1G tourney games, and 6 NCAA tourney games to get to our final 31-7 record.
This season we should expect around 35 games (30 reg season games plus HOPEFULLY
AT LEAST 2 B1G tourney games and
AT LEAST 3 NCAA tourney games).
Caitlin's 4 year Career Points Projection:
2,717 pts to start the 2023-2024 season (100 Games)
945 projected pts for 2023-2024 (35 games x 27 ppg career ave)
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3,662 Projected Points by end of 2023-2024 season (new NCAA & ALL TIME record)
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For GOAT Reference:
2,804 Career Points, Megan Gustafson (#26 in NCAA History)
...........20.8 ppg, 2015-2019, 135 GP
3,649 Career Points, Lynette Woodard (has the AIAW record, which was pre-NCAA; the NCAA took over the administration of women's basketball for the 1981-82 season; the NCAA has treated the AIAW, the first era of organized collegiate women's basketball, as if it never happened;
in 4 years and 139 games played at Kansas, from 1978-1981, Lynette was a 4 time All-American and averaged 26.3 points per game; she probably should be considered the current all time D1 and D1 equivalent scoring leader).
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