Women’s Basketball Legend Lynette Woodard Is Now Claiming Caitlin Clark Did Not Actually Break Her Scoring Record Because Of 2 Key Factors
Women’s basketball legend Lynette Woodard recently declared that Caitlin Clark hasn’t actually broken her scoring record because of two overlooked factors.
The Hall of Famer played for Kansas in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1977-81, scoring 3,649 points. However, she was a bit of an unknown figure as the NCAA did not recognize her record, having taken control of women’s college basketball during the 1981-82 season.
Clark passed Woodard two weeks after surpassing Kelsey Plum’s 5,527 points with a 49-point performance against Michigan in mid-February. She would move past Pete Maravich’s 3,667 in Iowa’s regular-season finale against Ohio State.
Her college total reached 3,951 in Sunday’s loss to South Carolina.
Woodward was in attendance when Clark broke the record against the Buckeyes but she doesn’t feel like Clark’s record is on par with hers given that she played with a men’s-sized basketball and there was no three-point line (that was established in 1987).
“I’ll just go ahead and get the elephant out of the room: I don’t think my record has been broken because you can’t duplicate what you’re not duplicating,” she said at a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association convention on Saturday. “Unless you come with a men’s basketball and a 2-point shot, hey, you know.“
Lynette Woodward Clarified Her Comments On Social Media
Lynette Woodward is correct in claiming that her record cannot be duplicated because of the factors she brought up.
But she’s since taken to social media to clarify her comments and reiterate that she’s a huge fan of Caitlin’s.
“My message was: a lot has changed, on and off the court, which makes it difficult to compare statistical accomplishments from different eras,” she wrote. “Each is a snapshot in time.
“Caitlin holds the scoring record. I salute her and will be cheering for her throughout the rest of her career.”
Woodard was a four-time All-American at Kansas who was awarded the Wade Trophy in 1981. She captained the gold medal-winning Olympic team in 1984 and, the following year, became the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters before heading overseas to play.
The 64-year-old played in the WNBA for two years, including its inaugural campaign in 1997, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004
Social Media Is Drooling Over Photo Of Caitlin Clark Rocking Incredibly Short Skirt, Showing More Leg Than She’s Ever Shown Before
Caitlin Clark (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
Caitlin Clark, the all-time NCAA Division 1 basketball scoring leader, is the face of the NCAA and a perennial cash cow to any and everything she comes into contact with.
The regional final matchup between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the LSU Tigers was perhaps the most highly-anticipated women’s college basketball game ever and it delivered in every way possible since it was hyped as the second showdown in as many years between Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and LSU’s Angel Reese.
Putting on a show on the court comes easy to Caitlin Clark, but not many people are too familiar with the Iowa superstar putting on a different type of show off the court.
After the Elite 8 matchup was over, Caitlin Clark began trending online after a photo surfaced of her while she was out of her uniform. She wasn’t only out of her uniform, but showing a ton of leg as she rocked a black skirt.
Social media took to the comments and the quotes to respond to this titillating picture of Caitlin Clark
