re: No, Iowa's Clark is not breaking Maravich's scoring record

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To be fair, Maravich put up those numbers against only white competition in college

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To be fair, this is a bullsh*t remark.
And not entirely true. LSU played against black players during Maravich's time. In his senior year, he played against Southern Cal, Oregon State, UCLA and Marquette.
In fact, the great John Wooden praised Pete after UCLA played against him, saying he was like "a white Globetrotter."

As for the record, it's impossible to estimate how many points Pete would have scored had there been a 3-point line and a shot clock in those days. Dale Brown once claimed to have looked at old game films (I don't believe him, but anyway) and said Maravich would have averaged another 5 or 6 points per game.
I don't think that's accurate, though. Anyone who watched Pete in person in those days knows what kind of player he was, and after all his dad was the coach. To try to chart how many of his shots were behind the eventual 3-point arc ignores Pete's flair and showmanship.
Let me suggest that had there been a 3-point shot in those days, Pete Maravich would have taken NEARLY ALL of his shots behind the arc. That's what kind of player he was.

Caitlin Clark is a great women's college player. Let's leave it at that.