Women's basketball legend Lynette Woodard on Caitlin Clark breaking Pete Maravich's scoring record: "She has touched the world"

Caitlin Clark is on a scoring rampage, destroying records that have existed for years in college basketball. On Sunday, against the Ohio State Buckeyes, Clark broke Pete Maravich's 54-year-old record to become NCAA basketball’s leading scorer.

One of the notable celebrities in attendance was basketball legend Lynette Woodard. Clark had earlier surpassed Woodard's mark of 3,649 points, a record not recognized by the NCAA as, at the time, the sport was governed by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.

Speaking to sports anchor Owen Siebring, Woodard lauded Clark's achievement, saying that she has impacted not only basketball but the world.

"She is the greatest player right now, I say three things you take it as rule: location, location, location. That baby got the range, I'm trying to tell you. It's not just women's basketball. She has touched the world."

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Iowa coach Lisa Bluder slammed NCAA after Caitlin Clark surpassed Lynette Woodard

After Clark poured in 33 points in Iowa's 108-60 dismantling of Minnesota to move past former Kansas star Lynette Woodard, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder paid tribute to Woodard while taking aim at the NCAA.

"Tonight is the night of the real record," Bluder said. "For some reason, the NCAA does not want to recognize the basketball that was played prior to 1982, and that’s wrong. We played basketball back then. They just don’t want to recognize it, and that hurts the rest of us who were playing at that time.

"There’s no reason why that should not be the true record. Maybe the NCAA will realize that now. Maybe it will be brought to their attention, and they will start recognizing those women who played in the ’70s. Remember, they played with a larger basketball and no 3-point line, either."