Caitlin Clark will leave major college basketball as the all-time leading scorer, but on Saturday she turned the spotlight on her predecessors and thanked them for paving her path to excellence. expressed.
Clark, a departed Iowa player who is expected to be selected No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in Monday's WNBA Draft, appeared on “Saturday・Appeared on “Night Live”.
Choi may have a problem with the success of NCAA women's basketball and the unprecedented attention it is receiving thanks to Clark's star power.
Saturday's co-host denied that was the case, but Clark reminded him about “that little apron joke you did.” The joke is that Iowa State will retire Clark's No. 22 jersey in order to “trade it for an apron.”
In keeping with the corner's tradition of having the hosts read jokes blind, Clark hits Choi with a joke he hasn't read or had time to prepare, and after defending it over Choi's head, he takes a shot. I was able to do that.
“Netflix's top new show is 'Ripley,'” Choi said of the drama about a con artist with a fascinating and dangerous ability to avert disaster at the last minute. “Critics say it's the hardest to watch on Netflix since Michael Che's special 'Shame the Devil.'”
She still had a lot to say about where it came from, but when it came time to end her run, Clark ditched the cheap shots and got serious, thanking the predecessors and trailblazers who paved her way to success. Did.
“Thank you to great players like Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper, the great Dawn Staley, and my basketball hero Maya Moore,” Clark said.
“It was the women who kicked down the door for me to get in,” she said. “So tonight I want to thank them for laying the foundation.”
She then presented Choi with an autographed apron.