Opinion | Celebrate Caitlin Clark, Pearl Moore, Pete Maravich and LeBron James

Regarding the March 4 Sports article “Clark shoots past Maravich for record”:

It appears that just about everyone is singing the praises of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark.

She certainly deserves the accolades. However, it’s worth putting her total college points scored record in context. In Pearl Moore’s four-year basketball career at Francis Marion University and Anderson Junior college, she scored 4,061 points between 1975 and 1979. But the NCAA didn’t recognize women’s basketball until 1981. Ms. Clark won’t even come close to that record. Furthermore, Pete Maravich’s 3,667-point total was achieved in three years, not four — and before the NCAA added a three-point line.

Richard Smarick, Annapolis

On Feb. 7, 2023, LeBron James performed an outstanding feat. In hitting 38,388 points, he broke the National Basketball Association scoring record that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set nearly 39 years prior. After breaking the record, Mr. James called for his family to join him on the court to celebrate.

When Caitlin Clark broke Pete Maravich’s NCAA scoring record, the game went on. That’s a shame. If Mr. James’s record merited pausing a game, a young woman who achieved something maybe even greater deserved the same moment of recognition.

I find it interesting that a man who achieved something great can celebrate more than a woman who achieved something possibly greater.

Chris Blake, Lansdowne

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