Iowa star Caitlin Clark passed LSU and NBA legend 'Pistol Pete' Maravich for the most points scored by a Division I basketball player, men's or women's, on Sunday.
Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.star passed the LSU and NBA legend for the most points scored by a Division I basketball player, men's or women's.
It has been a record-setting season for Clark, who announced Thursday she would not use the COVID-19 waiver from 2020-21 for a fifth season at Iowa and instead would enter the 2024 WNBA draft. That brought an extra poignancy to senior day, which she shared with teammates. Clark, a native of West Des Moines, has been a special favorite of Hawkeyes fans not just because of her great play, but because she's a native of the state who stayed"home" for college.
On Feb. 28 at Minnesota, Clark passed Kansas' Lynette Woodard for the major-college women's scoring record with a 33-point performance that was part of her 17th career triple-double. Woodard played just before the NCAA era, scoring 3,649 points from 1977 to '81, when women's college sports was governed by the AIAW. Woodard was in attendance at Sunday's game and received a standing ovation from the crowd when she was introduced on the court during the first quarter.
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