Iowa's Caitlin Clark: 'I Hope They Don't Stop the Game' for NCAA WCBB Scoring Record

Iowa star Caitlin Clark doesn't want a lot of pomp and circumstance Thursday night in the event she sets the Division I women's scoring record.

According to The Athletic's Scott Dochterman, Clark and Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder have considered how to honor the occasion in the moment. Bluder said she thought about calling a timeout once the record is broken, but the senior guard has other ideas.

"Honestly, I hope they don't stop the game though," she said. "We can't be wasting timeouts on that. Come on."

Bluder said she's willing to be flexible: "I guess I'll talk to her about that first. Because if she doesn't want it, I don't think I want to do it."

Clark only needs eight points to pass Washington legend Kelsey Plum for the career mark. She hasn't finished a game with fewer than 21 points this year, and eight points is her career low for a single game.

Barring an injury, Clark is all but guaranteed to leapfrog Plum and may have claimed the title by the time the first quarter concludes.

If the moment when Plum overtook Jackie Stiles to become the all-time scoring leader is any indicator, then it could be a relatively understated affair at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The southpaw hit a floater with a little over four minutes left in an 84-77 victory over Utah, and the game carried on as usual.

The circumstances were a little different, though, considering Plum was 54 points away from the record before that game. It didn't carry the same air of expectation as Iowa's game against Michigan.

The Hawkeyes will have had plenty of time to prepare something to celebrate Clark's achievement.

Based on her comments, she's firm in the belief that there's a time and place for that to happen.