- Woodard played the sport before the NCAA organized women’s basketball
- Clark also surpassed the old record for the most 3-pointers in a single season
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After breaking the NCAA women’s scoring record less than two weeks ago, Iowa guard Caitlin Clark pulled off two more historic feats on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.
Clark poured in 33 points in a 108-60 victory over Minnesota, passing Kansas great Lynette Woodard to become the all-time major-college women’s basketball scoring leader.
Woodard starred at Kansas from 1977-81 and scored 3,649 points. Clark entered Wednesday with 3,617, needing exactly 33 to set the record. She reached the mark by hitting a 3-pointer with 4:29 left in the fourth quarter.
Not only did she pass Woodard’s mark, but she also broke the NCAA’s women’s single-season 3-point record. She passed former Idaho guard Taylor Pierce for the honor.
To clarify, Clark recently broke Kelsey Plum’s NCAA women’s career scoring record just a few weeks ago. Plum set that mark when women’s basketball was a sport governed under the NCAA.
Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark now owns the major college women’s scoring record
![Lynette Woodard, who played before the NCAA recognized the sport, previously held the mark](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/29/05/81857407-13139423-Lynette_Woodard_who_played_before_the_NCAA_recognized_the_sport_-m-11_1709185023595.jpg)
Lynette Woodard, who played before the NCAA recognized the sport, previously held the mark
Woodard played in the era of the AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women). The NCAA did not adopt the sport of women’s basketball until 1982, the year after after Woodard graduated from Kansas.
‘I know what it must mean to her because I’ve been there,’ Woodard told ESPN. ‘I would have some wisdom for her if we ever talk, and I hope that we will one day.
‘I think she’s an awesome player. I would love to meet her. But what I say would be between her and I, because I can share some things that nobody knows.
‘She will be the only one that will understand what I was saying because she’s doing it.’
On Feb. 15, Clark became the all-time scoring leader in NCAA women’s basketball history when she scored 49 points against Michigan. That pushed her past the 3,527 points that Kelsey Plum scored for Washington from 2013-17.
Earlier this week, Woodard called on the NCAA to recognize her accomplishments.
‘I want the NCAA governing body to know that they should respect the (AIAW) players. They should respect the history. Include us and our accomplishments,’ Woodard said on ESPN.
![Clark also now owns the record for the most made 3-pointers in a single season](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/29/05/81857405-13139423-image-a-10_1709184608486.jpg)
Clark also now owns the record for the most made 3-pointers in a single season
‘This is the era of diversity, equity and inclusion. They should include us. We deserve it.’
Woodard was a four-time All-American at Kansas, won a gold medal for the United States in the 1984 Olympics and became the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. She was elected into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
There is still history to be made for Clark, who is now 18 points away from becoming the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer for both men’s and women’s basketball.
Pete Maravich currently holds that title with 3,667 points. He played for LSU from 1967-70.
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