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Iowa women’s basketball: Lynette Woodard reacts to Caitlin Clark breaking her scoring record

High praise for Caitlin Clark

Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark put up another incredible performance, this time against Minnesota, scoring 30 and recording a triple double while passing former Kansas Jayhawks player Lynette Woodard for the major-college women’s basketball scoring mark.

Caitlin Clark passed Lynette Woodard with her last bucket of the game. Woodard spoke on the success that Clark has had with Iowa women’s basketball after her record was passed.

“I know what it must mean to her because I’ve been there,” Lynette Woodard said, via Michael Voepel of ESPN.

“I would have some wisdom for her if we ever talk, and I hope that we will one day. … I think she’s an awesome player. I would love to meet her.

But what I saw would be between her and I, because I can share some things that nobody knows. She will be the only one that will understand what I’m saying because she’s doing it.”

Clark is now 18 points away from breaking Pete Maravich’s overall NCAA scoring record.

With Iowa women’s basketball playing on Sunday at home against No. 2 Ohio State, she has a chance to break the record in the regular season finale.

It will be interesting to see how Clark fares on Sunday against Ohio State.

It is a chance to get a big win going into the Big Ten Tournament.

It could prove to be the difference between Iowa getting a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. The win is more important to Clark, but fans will be watching to see if she makes history.

Indiana Fever roster: How Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston could team up for future WNBA powerhouse (Getty Images)

Caitlin Clark has cleared the questions surrounding her basketball future. On Thursday, the Iowa star declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft.

Clark’s announcement blindsided the masses ahead of her final regular-season game at Iowa. The electrifying guard is set to pass Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division-I all-time leading scorer on Saturday before competing in the Big Ten and NCAA Tournament.

Leading all of women’s D-I college basketball with 32.2 points and 8.7 assists per game, Clark is the type of prolific playmaker who is almost certain to be selected No. 1 overall in the WNBA Draft.

As winners of the 2024 WNBA Draft lottery, the Indiana Fever are on the clock, and it just so happens that Clark’s s𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 set fits perfectly with franchise player and 2023 Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston.

What else is there to know about Clark’s likely WNBA team? The Sporting News breaks down the Fever’s roster, 2023 record, and more below.

The Fever finished the 2023 season with a 13-27 record, which was actually only the third worst in the league.

However, since the WNBA combines each team’s record from the previous two seasons to determine the draft lottery odds, Indiana still had the best chance to land the No. 1 pick with a league-worst 18-58 mark over 2022 and ’23.

Reigning Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston was the good luck charm that the Fever needed her to be, serving as as Indiana’s representative at the draft lottery back in December.

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