Caitlin Clark Recalls Scoring 22 Points in 2 Minutes vs. Men's Practice Squad at Iowa

Iowa Hawkeyes legend Caitlin Clark reminisced about the 2021 practice that came to be known as "The Scrimmage" thanks to her otherworldly scoring run.

Appearing on David Letterman's Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Clark recalled trailing Iowa's practice squad by 15 points before embarking on a 22-point run herself over two minutes.

"Usually, I'm never shocked when I hit a big shot, but after like my fifth three-pointer in a row, I was like, 'Oh my gosh,'" she said (via Cooper Worth of the Des Moines Register). "I couldn't believe it. We ended up winning, and our boy practice players didn't hear the end of it."

Iowa staffer Kathryn Reynolds provided video evidence of Clark's scoring outburst last year:

A lot of fans outside of Iowa City first learned of "The Scrimmage" thanks to ESPN's Wright Thompson, who included it in his lengthy 2024 profile of Clark. Beyond interviewing a lot of people who witnessed the events unfold, Thompson placed that practice into its wider context.

"Those few minutes changed the Iowa program forever," he wrote. "These Hawkeyes had been picked by the basketball gods to take part in something rare, something that would define them, that would be a legacy."

Clark was the Division I scoring leader as a true freshman in 2020-21, but that practice and the year that followed made it clear the 6'0" guard was a transcendent talent.

Clark left Iowa as the all-time leading scorer in Division I history, and she was the driving force behind the Hawkeyes reaching the 2023 and 2024 national title games.

The poor souls on the practice squad who matched up against her in 2021 probably weren't shocked by what became of Clark's college career.