CHANDLER, Ariz. — Caitlin Clark makes pulling up from the midcourt logo look easy, routinely hitting shots most players would consider a heave.
The Iowa star’s deep range has expanded the scope of possibilities for up-and-coming women’s basketball players, much the way NBA star Stephen Curry changed the men’s game more than a decade ago.
The 6-foot senior from West Des Moines became Division I’s all-time leading scorer this season — a 3-pointer clinched it — a first-team All-American and has filled up the record book during one of the best careers in women’s college basketball history. “I think that really speaks to that innate ability as well as the time she’s put in. And this just doesn’t happen by accident. It’s clear she’s worked on her craft.”
“It’s a good model to show all the other girls coming up like, hey, you don’t have to just shoot 30 times a game,” said Tony Darden, Ijiwoye’s coach since second grade who runs Darden Sports Skills Academy. “You have to learn to do other things because when you get to that next level, everybody else is going to be able to score just as good as you. How are you going to stand out? She’s taken it to a different level.”As Clark has become the face of women’s basketball, her face is everywhere.
Clark’s deep shooting has opened a new realm for women’s players, taking what players like Sabrina Ionescu did at Oregon and pushing it farther out.Just because Clark can shoot from the logo doesn’t mean everyone can. She’s spent years working on her shooting form and strength to hit shots that were considered heaves not all that long ago.
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