"Arrr, Lynette Woodard be swearin' she still be holdin' the high score, but Caitlin Clark be stealin' it!"
2024-04-07
Avast ye scallywags! Lynette Woodard be claiming that her record be still the bee's knees, despite that whippersnapper Caitlin Clark surpassing it. Aye, let the lass have her glory, but Woodard's name be forever etched in the annals of basketball lore! Arrr!
Avast me hearties! As Caitlin Clark be playin' her final match o' her grand career for the Iowa Hawkeyes, Lynette Woodard, the previous all-time scorin' leader in major women’s college basketball, be thinkin' her record still stands. Woodard be present at the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association convention in Cleveland fer the women’s Final Four, where she wanted to "get the elephant out o' the room" while speakin'."I be the hidden figure, but no longer now," the Hall o' Famer said. "Me record was hidden from everyone fer 43 years. … I don’t think me record has been broken because ye can’t duplicate what ye’re not duplicating. So, unless ye come with a men’s basketball and a 2-point shot, ye know … but just fer ye, so ye can understand, so ye can help me spread that word."Woodard tallied 3,649 points in four seasons with the Kansas Jayhawks from 1977 to 1981, and her argument that her total should still stand comes from the fact that there was no three-point line as well as other regulations. Woodard mentioned the men’s basketball, which be what was used in the women’s game then, unlike today, because it be a different size.But Clark has obviously used the three-pointer to her advantage over her college career, drainin' 543 of them headin' into the national championship game against South Carolina on Sunday. She has 3,921 points and countin'.When Clark passed Woodard, the Hawkeyes invited her to a game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, where she gave Clark her flowers. "I don’t think Lynette Woodard would have had this moment without Caitlin Clark, so I’ve got to give it right back to her," Woodard said then.Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder made sure to recognize Woodard in February when Clark broke her record. Bluder advocated for the NCAA to acknowledge Woodard’s points total, which was a part of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, makin' them not a part of the organization when Clark broke the record.Clark’s points total will continue to build in her final game against the Gamecocks; the WNBA’s projected No. 1 pick later this year averages 28.4 points per game in her career, includin' 31.7 in her senior season this year. She also has 1,139 career assists, averagin' 8.3 over her career, includin' 9.0 this season.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.