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FLORENCE, S.C. — Long before Iowa star Caitlin Clark hit her first long-range three, Pearl Moore set a scoring standard for women's basketball that has stood for 45 years. At tiny Francis Marion college, Moore piled up 4,061 points from 1975 to 1979. It remains the overall record in women's college basketball. It is unlikely to fall this season even if Clark and the Hawkeyes make a deep postseason run. Moore says she enjoys watching Clark and is happy she is about to become the all-time scorer in records kept by the NCAA. Moore's record came before the NCAA took over women's basketball.
