Visitors near Yuyuan Bazaar in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.
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China's travel activity and spending rose above pre-pandemic levels during the Lunar New Year holiday, a sign that consumption is improving in the world's second-largest economy.
Tourists spent nearly 632.7 billion yuan ($87.95 billion) on domestic holiday trips, an increase of 47.3% year-on-year, the data showed.
State broadcaster China Central Television reported It quoted the ministry as saying domestic travel represented a 19% rise over the same period in 2019, while spending rose 7.7%.
The strong data comes at a time when policymakers in China are scrambling to boost domestic consumption as the country faces deflationary pressures.
Mainland China saw 3.6 million tourist departures and 3.23 million tourist arrivals over the holidays, according to the ministry, as reciprocal visa-free travel with some countries accelerated the recovery in outbound and inbound travel over the holidays.
The Lunar New Year is China's most important holiday and is often considered a key gauge of consumer appetite in the country.
However, with tourism revenue per trip still below pre-pandemic levels, the sustainability of travel remains uncertain.
“While we see some strength in the data, we urge market participants to exercise caution,” Nomura's analysts wrote in a client note, highlighting that the figures reflect consumer demand as it is the first New Year's holiday. Unaffected by pandemic-related factors since 2019.
“When interpreting the significant year-on-year growth rates, we must take into account the very low base from last year during the height of the Covid 'exit wave',” Nomura said.
China stocks rose on Monday, led by the tourism sector, as trading resumed after a week-long shutdown.
Market participants are watching for more stimulus measures from Chinese policymakers to support the economy and boost spending this year.
The People's Bank kept a key policy rate steady as expected on Sunday, while investors reassessed when the US Federal Reserve will start easing its monetary policy this year.
A delay in rate cuts could limit Beijing's room to navigate its own policy, as US devaluation is good for the yuan.
Zhang Qingchang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, said earlier this month that the country is encouraging banks and local businesses to accept foreign bank cards and is considering other measures to make mobile payments even easier for international visitors.
— CNBC's Evelyn Cheng, Clement Tan contributed to this report
In the latest in a series of storms to hit the state this month, heavy rains from the Atmospheric River are forecast to spread across California starting Sunday, putting the West Coast at risk for further flooding.
A moderate storm moved along California's northern and central coast Saturday night, kicking off the rainy season for the nation's most populous state. Forecasters said it was a precursor to a more powerful system on Sunday, which is expected to bring heavy rainfall.
“Sunday night and Monday alone, we're looking at three to six inches of rain along the coast from the Bay Area south to Santa Barbara,” said National Weather Service Senior Meteorologist Brian Hurley.
Atmospheric river is the name given to narrow bands of moisture blown up the west coast by Pacific winds. They are responsible for California's heavy rainfall and flooding.
“The weather will be very different from Sunday morning to Sunday night.” The meteorological department said on Sunday. “There will be a strong storm today. Rain starts around noon and will be heavy through the night. Moderate to severe impacts from the storm will continue into Monday with heavy rain, strong winds, high surf, thunderstorms and the potential for flooding.
While the system was expected to bring rain even to mountain communities, Mr. Hurley said.
California's Office of Emergency Services said Saturday it had deployed emergency personnel, including two rapid water rescue teams, to six counties ahead of the storm.
Bay Area cities including San Francisco and San Jose were expected to gain Between one and two inches According to the weather service's San Francisco Bay Area office, the rain fell.
This system will bring hail and thunderstorms and gusty winds 30 to 45 miles per hour Sunday for the Gulf Coast and Central Coast regions, the weather service said.
To the south, the risk of flooding was high in the coastal communities of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, northwest of Los Angeles.
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles Two to five inches of rain could fall in the region, with up to eight inches of damaging wind gusts in the mountains 40 to 60 mph at high altitudes and elsewhere at speeds of 20 to 40 mph. On Saturday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged residents to prepare and stay off the roads during the downpour.
Several fire stations in the city are clearing mounds of dirt for residents to fill their sandbags in preparation for the storm. On Sunday, construction worker Pablo Rosales was working quickly to fill his bags at a station near Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw.
“We are in a hurry because it will rain soon,” said Mr. Rosales, 53. He said. Neighbors in the nearby hills, whose streets flooded during the last storm, hired him and several of his workers to help with sandbags and levees. In the hills.
On nearby Don Ricardo Drive, part of a neighborhood with views of downtown Los Angeles, workers climbed hillsides to place sandbags behind homes. Much of the street was still caked with mud that had rolled down the hill from the previous storm.
Officials in Santa Barbara County It issued an evacuation alert on Saturday For some areas. The warning, which remained in effect until Wednesday, asked residents to be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice.
Between an inch and three-quarters to two inches of rain is forecast for Los Angeles Monday night into Tuesday, Mr. Hurley said.
Although rainfall in Los Angeles is not expected to reach the levels of the devastating storm that hit the city two weeks ago, Mr. Hurley said. heavy rain
First NBA vs. Curry narrowly beat Ionescu on Saturday to settle the long-running debate when the two sharpshooters went head-to-head during the WNBA three-point contest during All-Star Weekend.
The Golden State Warriors star had 29 points to the New York Liberty star's 26.
Ionescu said on the TNT broadcast that he's excited to “change the narrative” between NBA and WNBA players.
“It was amazing,” Ionescu said. “It has to be the first of these events, to come out here and put on a show, but to understand what it means. It's exciting to change the narrative and to be able to do it with the best that can do it.
Curry, wearing the three-point champion belt, praised the event and Ionescu.
“We both took the opportunity to be in front of this stage and run with all the hype, and to deliver like that, she set the bar and it was incredible to watch,” Curry said. “So, it might be something — I don't know if anyone can fill these shoes, but it might be something we need to do more often.”
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Stephen Curry prepares to shoot a three-point challenge against Sabrina Ionescu.
However, in 2023, Ionescu set the WNBA record for most three-pointers in a season (128). She set the WNBA and NBA all-time scoring record in three-point contests last season, recording 37 of a possible 40 points.
According to the official release, the curry shotNBA balls from the NBA three-point line, used by IonescuWNBA equivalents – the line is a bit closer and the ball is a bit smaller.
But Ionescu said he wanted to level the playing field, confident of his ability before the match. “I shoot from the NBA line … and get it,” she said Wrote in XFormerly known as Twitter.
As part of the contest, Curry and Ionescu's respective charities will receive donations from the NBA and WNBA. The pair will have the opportunity to raise money for the NBA Foundation, which aims to further economic empowerment in the black community, with each regular shot worth $1,000, each money ball $2,000 and a special 29-foot-9-inch three-pointer called the “STARRY Range Ball” valued at $3,000.
“I think it's the best thing ever,” Curry said told TNT Late January.
“I love the confidence, I love the competition. It's a new format on that stage.
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Ionescu is known for his three-pointers.
Meanwhile, G Leaguer Mac McClung won his second consecutive NBA Dunk Contest, leapfrogging Shaquille O'Neal in spectacular fashion to seal the win, making the Osceola Magic guard the fifth player in league history to defend his title.
McClung's 7-foot-1 O'Neal leap earned a perfect 50 from the judges as he snatched a basketball from the NBA legend's hands and put it into the net, albeit nearly a foot short.
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Mack McClung dunked the ball over NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal.
The 25-year-old said after the TNT broadcast that he was “honoured” to win back-to-back titles but criticized his performance, saying “I wish I could have given the crowd more”.
He got his only perfect score of the night with that showstopping dunk, while his earlier efforts, including one where he jumped over two people, gave him a strong start to the tournament.
He beat Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics, while Jaime Jacques Jr. of the Miami Heat and Jacob Taubin of the New York Knicks were eliminated in the first round.
Traditional A three-point match Malik Beasley, Jalen Brunson, Tyrus Halliburton, Damian Lillard, Larry Markkanen, Donovan Mitchell, Karl-Anthony Towns and Trae Young competed for the crown.
In the end, Lillard, the Milwaukee Bucks All-Star guard, successfully defended his three-point tournament title, becoming the first player to win back-to-back crowns since Jason Capono did so in 2007 and 2008.
All-Star Weekend culminates Sunday with the Indiana Pacers' All-Star Game from Cainbridge Fieldhouse, which sees the best of the best compete against each other.
With many of the league's biggest stars lining up in Indianapolis, this year's traditional Eastern Conference vs. The game has returned to the Western Conference format.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James lead the teams in the East and West respectively, while Joel Embiid is the biggest name to miss out as he undergoes surgery. Knee injury earlier this month.
Saturday action started The NBA's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) showcased as Virginia Union played Winston-Salem State.
The players' all-around skills were on display with Saturday evening's skills challenge, with the deep three-point contest and slam dunk contest showcasing some of the best talent from the evening.
And on Sunday, the G League — the NBA's minor league affiliate — will host its own series of events at G League Park at the Indian Convention Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. before the crowning All-Star of the weekend. The game begins at 8 p.m. ET.
TNT Sports (formerly known as Turner Sports and abbreviated as Warner Bros. Discovery Sports) is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WPT), owned by CNN.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alexander Volkanovsky played up his age this week, dressing up in grandfatherly clothes, donning old man glasses and pretending to be asleep at a prefight news conference.
Volganovsky never really aged. He's only 35. But technically, that's an advanced age for the UFC featherweight champion. In fact, no male fighter at lightweight or below has ever won a title after turning 35.
That's the biggest storyline leading up to Volkanovsky's title defense against Ilya Topuria in the main event of UFC 298 here at the Honda Center on Saturday night. Topuria is just 27 years old and one of MMA's most exciting young fighters. Can Volkanovski make history and prove himself to be the exception to the 35-year rule? Or will he pass the 145-pound torch to the well-rounded Topuria?
ESPN ranks Volkanovski as No. 3 in the world on its pound-for-pound list. At featherweight, ESPN ranked Volkanovski no. 1 and Topuria no. 5.
Volkanovski (26-3) has five successful featherweight title defenses and six UFC featherweight titles, tied for second all-time. The Australian-born fighter lost to UFC lightweight champion Islam Makache by knockout at UFC 294 in October. Volkanovsky also lost to Makhachev by unanimous decision in February 2023 before defending his featherweight belt against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 last July.
Topuria (14-0) has won four of his first six UFC fights. Born in Germany, the fighter is of Georgian descent and lives in Spain. Topuria won a unanimous decision over Josh Emmett last June.
In the co-main event of UFC 298, former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker takes on former title challenger Paulo Costa. ESPN has Whittaker ranked No. 3 in the world at middleweight.
UFC 298 fight card
ESPN+ PPV,10 p.m. ET Men's Featherweight Championship: Alexander Volkanovsky (c) vs. Ilya Topuria Middleweight: Robert Whittaker vs. Paulo Costa Welterweight: Jeff Neal vs. Ian Machado Carey Men's bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Henry Cejudo Middleweight: Anthony Hernandez vs. Roman Kopilov ESPN/ESPN+,8 pm Strawweight: Amanda Lemos vs. Mackenzie Dern Heavyweight: Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Justin Taffa Bantamweight: Rinya Nakamura vs. Carlos Vera Light Heavyweight: Zhang Mingyang vs. Brentson Ribeiro ESPN+,6:30 p.m Welterweight: Danny Barlow vs. Josh Quinlan Welterweight: Open Elliott vs. Val Woodburn Women's Flyweight: Andrea Lee vs. Miranda Maverick (c) = Defending champion
Intuition Machines' lunar lander is on its way to the moon after Thursday's uneventful launch, but it managed to capture some incredible images of Earth while it was close to home. The company shared the first set of images from the IM-1 mission X today after confirming in an earlier post that the spacecraft is in “excellent health.” You can even see the SpaceX Falcon 9 falling into the distance after the second stage separates, along with a view of Earth and partial selfies of the Nova-C lander, nicknamed Odysseus.
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Odysseus is attempting to land on the moon on February 22, and so far seems to be doing well. The team released a series of updates on X over the weekend, confirming that the lander had passed some key milestones ahead of its touchdown, including engine firing. It's “the first in-space ignition of a liquid methane and liquid oxygen engine,” according to Intuitive Engines.
Needless to say, the snow mostly ended between 3 and 4 a.m., and was significantly less than expected. Typically, a coating of a couple of inches fell — 1 to 5 inches farther than predicted. We will publish a review of the forecast by midnight in a new article.
The original forecast from 5am
A somewhat subjective rating of the day's weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.
7/10: I can go less in the way of wind, but a weekend with some fresh snow is always a hit.
Today: An early snowflake is possible. Clarity, dynamism. Highs: Near 40 to low 40s.
Tonight: Mainly clear and cool. Younger Age: Teens to 20s.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs: Mid 40s to near 50s.
The overnight fast-moving snow moves as fast as it moves eastward. A few snow showers may mark the area a few hours after sunrise. Although temperatures are cooler today, we're on the slopes when the increasing sun angle does a good job of gobbling up snow. In other words, don't plan on it lasting over areas that are on the ground.
Today (Saturday): Gaps in the clouds increase behind the snow overnight. A few snow showers or storms are possible until 8 or 9 a.m. Otherwise, stories for the day will include high winds — and, hopefully, some sledding. The high should rise to near 40 or a few degrees higher. North and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 or 35 mph. Confidence: Medium High
Tonight: Winds drop, and skies are mostly clear. Fresh cold air with some snow around means it's going to be a cold night. Ages range from early to early 20s. Confidence: Medium High
Follow us Facebook, TwitterAnd Instagram For the latest weather updates. Read on for the forecast through the weekend…
Tomorrow (Sunday): We continue with good sunshine throughout the day. Mild, with highs near 40 to 50. Again the wind will be slightly stronger, but this time from the southwest. A few gusts of 20 or 25 mph are possible. Confidence: Medium High
Tomorrow night: It should be clearer than that. Lows could be in the 20s with colder spots around the city. Confidence: Medium High
Perfect for President's Day Monday. Sunshine dominates and temperatures range from the 40s to near 50s tuesday, but it could be a few degrees warmer and a few clouds floating overhead. Confidence: Medium
On a scale of 0-10, a daily estimate of the likelihood of at least 1 inch of snow over the next week.
1/10: Next week will be quiet. A serious storm is possible on Friday, which will look a bit milder due to the snow, but is worth keeping an eye on.
This forecast has been updated to reflect the total amount of snow in the area overnight.
Loudoun County Fire and Rescue said a firefighter died after a catastrophic house explosion in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday evening.
Firefighters on the scene fielded multiple Mayday calls for a fire in the 300 block of Silver Ridge Drive — where one firefighter was “trapped in the rubble,” one person said.
“I would say it's the worst call we've ever had to respond to and it's a time for us to support each other and hold each other,” Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Asst. Chief James Williams.
Nine firefighters and two civilians were injured and taken away, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.
“The house is pretty level,” a firefighter said in a dispatch call.
“Total destruction,” Williams said. “There's a garbage field in the street and neighborhood.”
Many firefighters were trapped.
Loudoun County Fire responded to a call about a smell of natural gas around 7:40 p.m. The explosion occurred shortly after firefighters responded.
Washington Case went to the scene to assist with the investigation.
“We are verifying the integrity of our system in the surrounding area,” the utility said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to those injured and to the Loudoun County Fire Department for the loss of one of their own.”
“It's a huge physical and emotional toll on everyone associated with the fire department,” Williams said.
“It was very smoky; debris was falling from the sky,” neighbor Kylee Krishrek said.
He said he felt like something hit his house.
Several neighbors said their houses were also damaged in the blast.
Northbound Silver Ridge Drive is closed at Seneca Ridge Drive, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
When a New York magazine financial advice columnist was dropped An article I fell victim to a $50,000 scam on Thursday and my heart skipped a beat.
I had my own financial planner He went to jail Years ago, I described it in a few paragraphs. Almost all of us fall victim to scams at least sometimes. Especially if someone called and insisted that my children were in grave danger, what would I have done?
writer, Charlotte Cowles, who once had a weekly business column with The New York Times, described the scammers spinning a fantastic story: First, they impersonated Amazon and told her they were victims of identity theft. Later, a thief sent her to a man impersonating a Federal Trade Commission investigator who said she had nine vehicles, four properties and 22 bank accounts registered in her name. Finally, a CIA “chief investigator” forced her to withdraw money from her bank and put it in a safe while her husband and son watched.
But what would those companies do if any of us thought it was one of them? In fact Victim of some sort of identity fraud? What will they say, demand, and do?
I called everyone and asked. Here's what they said.
Amazon is not directly liable to the Federal Trade Commission.
Ms. Cowles' story begins with a call she allegedly received from Amazon in October, when a woman on the line told her she had been defrauded of $8,000 and was a victim of identity theft.
The woman then offered to connect Ms. Cowles with Amazon's contact at the FTC, and soon she was in line.
But Amazon does not turn customers over to the FTC or any other government agency, says spokesman Tim Gilman.
The company sometimes calls people to verify account activity, Ms. As Cowles' story continues to go viral, this will become more difficult to do. But if the call seems fishy, reach out directly via the Amazon app or website.
“Don't call numbers sent by text or email or found in online search results,” says Mr. Gilman added. If someone suggests you download or install Amazon customer service software, don't.
The FTC does not issue a badge number.
Once Mrs. When Cowles was on the phone with what was said to be an FTC investigator, he gave her his badge number and asked about the contents of his bank account.
On Thursday afternoon, Lina Khan, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Published in X: “Being a victim of a scam can be devastating. A reminder that no one from the @FTC will give you a badge number, ask you to confirm your social security number, ask how much money is in your bank account, turn you over to a CIA agent, or send you texts. .”
Incidentally, the FTC on Thursday Finalized A new rule gives more powerful tools to fight criminals impersonating businesses. Consumers reported high fraud losses $10 billion For the first time in 2023, 14 percent more than the previous year, according to the agency.
Last month, the F.T.C A warning About scammers trying to convince you to move your money to a safe place. It sounded a lot like what had already happened to Mrs. Cowles.
The CIA is not going to call you.
Before prompting her to move money, the FTC impersonator wanted to hand her over to the lead investigator on her case, who allegedly worked for the CIA, whom she suspected but called since what appeared to be the FTC's main phone number. .
She thought he was “cheating” by using tools to pretend he was calling from that number. But she was quick to not discuss the situation with her husband or attorney. Soon after, the exchange turned to freezing his assets and issuing a replacement Social Security number.
“The CIA is a foreign intelligence agency; This is simply not something we engage in,” said a CIA spokesperson.
The CIA's website provides some relevant points. The agency collects foreign intelligence and conducts covert operations. “We are not a law enforcement agency.” The site says. When it works with law enforcement agencies, it's on things like counterintelligence and terrorism.
Its Frequently Asked Questions It states that “employees/contractors are not required to receive money or any personal information (such as your social security number, driver's license, or banking information) to initiate a relationship.”
However, Ms Cowles' contact told her to go to her bank and withdraw the $50,000 – without telling the bank why.
Banks don't stop you from walking out of their branches with a bag full of $100 bills.
Ms. Cowles did as his CIA minder told him. At a Bank of America branch, someone led her to a stairwell, where a teller gave her money A piece of paper with some caveats About scams.
“Going in, I honestly hoped they would tell me not to come back or make me wait, but they didn't,” Ms. Cowles told me by email. “The fraud alert gave me pause, but the scammers didn't ask me to pay them. to do They, I don't feel it really fits my situation. Also, I was so afraid of what would happen if I didn't follow the instructions that it defied my doubts.
Mrs. Cowles is not a senior citizen. If she had, maybe the bank teller would have slowed things down. Banks are very concerned about elder fraud and will close every account one has in case of any mishap.
Ms Cowles said she was not holding it against Bank of America, it was actually her refund. But do banks usually hand over large sums of money?
“We have Comprehensive efforts To alert customers to avoid scams,” Bank of America spokesman William P. Haltin said via email. The bank declined to comment further.
“We do not restrict access to customers' money,” said Chase spokesman Justin K. Page said via email. “However, there are cases where funds are held for additional verification. These include cases where one of our bankers is suspicious of someone who appears to be pressuring our customer. We train our bankers to look for that.
Hijackers are in brains, not planes.
The thief, posing as a CIA agent, eventually asked Mrs. Cowles to hand over the money. After all, she was going to be accused of money laundering; She would be $50,000 clean if the agency allowed her to use her new Social Security number to cash the money into a government check.
It seems ridiculous. However, this created a conflicting internal dialogue.
“People who use their brains all the time don't pay attention to their emotions, and I think we should pay attention to what our bodies are telling us,” he said. Amy Nofziger, director of fraud victim support for AARP's Fraud Watch Network. “The gut is actually a scientific dump of chemicals. I've heard countless sufferers tell me, 'My gut told me I shouldn't do this, but my brain told me I should.'
Eva Velázquez, as president, has seen it all Identity Theft Resource Center, saw the situation similarly. “Bad actors hijack our brains,” he said. “It works because we are all, after all, human.”
Alexei Navalny has been Russia's most prominent opposition leader in recent times
Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader of the past decade, has died in a prison inside the Arctic Circle, prisons said.
Navalny, seen as an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, served 19 years in prison on charges considered politically motivated.
He was transferred to an Arctic penal colony, said to be one of Russia's toughest prisons, late last year.
The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said Navalny was “unwell” after Friday's walk.
He “lost consciousness almost immediately”, it said in a statement, and an emergency medical team was immediately summoned to try to revive him but without success.
“Emergency physicians pronounced the inmate dead. The cause of death is being determined.”
Navalny's lawyer Leonid Solovyov told Russian media he had yet to comment, although his close aide Leonid Volkov wrote in X: “Russian authorities are releasing a confession that they killed Alexei Navalny in prison. We have no way to confirm or prove it. It's not true.”
Within minutes of Navalny's death being announced by the prison service, the international community praised the courage of Vladimir Putin's greatest domestic enemy.
France said he gave his life for resisting Russian “repression”, while Norway's foreign minister said Russian authorities bear a major responsibility for his death.
Mr Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Navalny's death had been “informed of the president”, who was visiting the city of Chelyabinsk.
Most of the Russian president's critics have left Russia, but Alexei Navalny returned in January 2021 after months of medical treatment. In August 2020, he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with the Novichok nerve agent.
His crew succeeded in sending him to Germany for special treatment, and upon his return to Moscow he was immediately taken into custody. He will not be out of jail for the next 37 months.
Navalny has long sought to challenge Vladimir Putin at the ballot box, but he was barred from running in the 2018 presidential election. Next month, Russia's leader will stand without any meaningful opposition.
Anti-war candidate Boris Nadeshtin was barred from standing after thousands of signatures submitted in support of his candidacy were found to be fraudulent.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark wasted no time becoming the NCAA women's career scoring leader Thursday night, taking less than three minutes to score the eight points she needed to break Kelsey Plum's record.
The Iowa star who drew unprecedented attention in women's basketball broke the record with her signature shot — A 35-foot 3-pointer It hit nothing but the bottom of the net.
And Clark didn't let up. He finished with a school-record 49 points, tied his career best with nine 3-pointers and had 13 assists at No. 4 Iowa. 106-89 win over Michigan.
Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder pulled Clark from the game with 1:46 left in the game, shortly after she made her final 3, before she went to the bench to cheers from the sellout crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
“I don't know if you could script it any better,” Clarke said. “To be able to do this in this fashion, I'm very grateful to be surrounded by so many people who have been my foundation in everything I've done since I was a child. As you all know I am going to shoot Logo 3 for the record.
Clark's big night put her at 3,569 points and within 80 of her next milestone, Lynette Woodard's major women's college record 3,649 points.
He scored 3 runs with a dribble on the left wing Near Mediacom Court logo 7:45 left in the first quarter.
“Warming up, my shot was good, so I knew it was going to be one of those nights,” he said. “I played with a little more pep under me.”
Clark finished with 126 games, 13 fewer than Plum finished with 3,527 points In four seasons in Washington from 2014-17. Woodard starred at Kansas from 1977-81, a period in which women's sports were governed by the Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Pearl Moore by Frances Marion The women's all-time record was 4,061 points from 1975-79.
Iowa guard Kaitlin Clark looks on during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Michigan Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)
Iowa guard Kaitlin Clark looks on during the team's NCAA college basketball game against Michigan Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)
Iowa has four regular season games, plus the Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament. Barring injury, Clark, a senior averaging 32.1 points per game, is sure to pass Woodard. And he has the option of returning to college basketball for a fifth season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fans chanted “One more year! One more year!” Clarke, projected as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft, was doing a postgame television interview.
“I paid them,” Bluder said, laughing. “I thought it was a good spell.”
One of the well-wishers on social media LSU star Angel Reese, who caught the spotlight with Clark in last season's national championship game win by the Tigers. The Big Ten Network is a Greetings Collection Video That includes Tom Brady and Peyton and Eli Manning.
Iowa won the tip and Clark, guarded by Laila Felia, drove to the basket and hit a shot from the right side. On Iowa's next possession, Clark hit a 3 from the left wing. The Hawkeyes turned the ball over twice before Clark converted a pass from Gabby Marshall, stopped and shot from deep.
When the ball went in, the fans — many of them standing and holding phones to capture the moment — let out a huge roar.
“It's absolutely perfect,” Bluder said, “that she went with Logo 3 and achieved this feat.”
Bluder called a timeout moments later, and Clark hugged teammates and coaches during a brief celebration.
“That wasn't really my goal, just to get it done really fast,” Clark said. “I hit my first couple of shots and was able to get the other one up really fast. It was nice to get it over there so quickly so we could focus on winning the basketball game.
Clark, who scored 40 points or more for the 12th time, scored 23 in the first quarter and had one of his best games. She scored or assisted 79 points, the most by a Division I women's player in at least 25 years OptaSTATS.
Clarke and his dynamic play captivated the nation for two seasons. Last year, he led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA title game AP Player of the Year. His long 3-pointers and flashy passes have fueled interest, rather than searching for the record. Women's sports. Arenas are sold out His games, home and away and television ratings have never been higher.
It was all more than Clark could have imagined 6-foot guard from West Des Moines Stayed in-state and chose Iowa over Notre Dame in November 2019.
Although his basketball commitments and endorsement deals (such as State Farm commercials) demand his time, he said he's the same person who showed up on campus four years ago. She still cleans her apartment, does laundry, plays video games, hangs out with friends, and does schoolwork.
His run for the record may have come earlier, but it came back to Carver-Hockey, where ticket resale prices for games Up to hundreds of dollars By the thousands. As usual, fans showed up outside the arena early in the morning, many wearing the black-and-gold No. 22 jersey and carrying signs to pay their respects.
Mia Anderson and her friend, 12-year-old Ellie Stephenson, and their moms made the six-hour drive from Canton, South Dakota, to beat Clark's record.
“I think he's inspired a lot of people,” Mia said.
“Yeah, a lot of little girls,” Ellie added.
Mia and Ellie both play basketball and both said they try to do certain things on the court like shooting long 3's.
“But I'm not as good as her,” said Ellie.
Kelly Jarrett of Manchester, Iowa, said she loves everything about Clark and expects her impact on the women's game to last.
“She took it to a whole new level,” Jared said. “The aspirations and goals that current players and future players have, she's set that bar sky high. That's right, because they'll work to achieve them. As far as the fans, there's excitement for people who don't watch girls basketball. My son's not a basketball fan, but he watched Caitlin last year, He's sold. He absolutely loves her.”
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