- Woodard played the sport before the NCAA organized women’s basketball.
- Clark also broke the old record for most three-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 accomplished two more historic feats Wednesday night in Minneapolis.
Clark scored 33 points in a 108-60 victory over Minnesota, passing Kansas great Lynette Woodard to become major college women’s basketball’s all-time scoring leader.
Woodard starred for Kansas from 1977 to 1981 and scored 3,649 points. Clark entered Wednesday with a 3,617, needing exactly 33 to set the record. He reached the mark by hitting a three-pointer with 4:29 left in the fourth quarter.
Not only did she surpass Woodard’s mark, she also broke the NCAA single-season women’s record for three-pointers. She passed former Idaho guard Taylor Pierce for the honor.
To clarify, Clark recently broke Kelsey Plum’s scoring record in the NCAA women’s race just a few weeks ago. Plum set that mark when women’s basketball was an NCAA-governed sport.
Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark now holds the top women’s college scoring record.
Lynette Woodard, who played before the sport was recognized by the NCAA, previously held the mark.
Woodard played in the AIAW (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) era. The NCAA did not adopt the sport of women’s basketball until 1982, a year 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 one day we do.”
“I think she is an incredible player. I would love to meet her. But what she says would be between her and me, because I can share some things that no one knows.
“She’ll be the only one who understands what I was saying because she’s doing it.”
On February 15, Clark became the all-time scoring leader in NCAA women’s basketball history when she scored 49 points against Michigan. That led her to surpass the 3,527 points Kelsey Plum scored for Washington between 2013 and 2017.
Earlier this week, Woodard called on the NCAA to recognize his accomplishments.
‘I want the NCAA governing body to know that they have to respect the players (AIAW). They should respect history. Include us and our accomplishments,” Woodard said on ESPN.
Clark also now holds the record for most three-pointers made 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 to 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 in both men’s and women’s basketball.
Pete Maravich currently holds that title with 3,667 points. He played for LSU from 1967 to 1970.