Women’s Basketball Has Always Been Great

Caitlin Clark is standing on the shoulders of past greats

As you know, when it comes to Women’s College Basketball, it has been the must-watch sport for almost forty years. Because men's teams have always dominated the news, women’s college basketball was treated like a stepchild. But these women can hoop and have been hooping hard for a long time.

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The 13 highest-scoring individual performances in March Madness women's history

It has been more than 40 years since the first women’s NCAA DI tournament in 1982, and there have been many record-setting performances throughout the years, including the highest-scoring individual games in the tournament’s history.

We’re breaking down the top 13 here.

The records are taken from the official guides at NCAA.org. The tournament field expanded from 32 teams in 1982 to 64 in 1994.

Lorri Bauman set the individual scoring record of 50 points during a loss to Maryland in the first DI women’s championship tournament in 1982. This was before the 3-point line was introduced in 1987. Bauman was 21 of 35 from the field, 8…