MINNEAPOLIS — The black-and-gold-clad fans among the 14,625 at Williams Arena were virtually begging for one more 3-pointer from Caitlin Clark late in Wednesday’s game, and she delivered for another historic mark.
The Iowa guard continued her record-breaking quest as she passed Kansas Jayhawks legend Lynette Woodard for the major-college women’s basketball scoring mark in the No. 6 Hawkeyes’ 108-60 victory over Minnesota.
Clark scored her 33rd and final point of the game on her eighth 3-pointer, coming at the 4:29 mark of the fourth quarter, to give her 3,650 points. Woodard, who played in the final years of the AIAW from 1977 to ’81, scored 3,649 points.
“I think it just speaks to the foundation that these players have laid for us,” Clark said of past stars such as Woodard. “To have opportunities, to be able to play in environments like this, in front of crowds like this.
“I wouldn’t have the opportunity to be able to do what I’m doing every single night if it wasn’t for people like her. There are so many great players across the board. I’m just…