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Lipscomb’s Pierce remains college basketball’s all-time leading scorer [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Caitlin Clark’s climb to the top of college basketball’s division one all-time scoring chart this winter has brought a former Lipscomb All-American back into the conversation.

Clark is the Iowa sensation leading no. 1 seed Hawkeyes into a NCAA Tournament second round game Monday night against West Virginia. This winter she broke former Washington star Kelsey Plum’s modern day NCAA women’s basketball scoring record. Then she went on to pass Kansas great Lynette Woodard for the all-time women’s mark before breaking Pistol Pete Maravich’s all-gender division one scoring record.

She is the most popular college basketball player, male or female, in the country and maybe one of the most popular athletes on the planet right now, period. But there is one scoring record Clark will not touch.

The all-time college basketball scoring record for all divisions belongs to John Pierce. A four-time All-American at Lipscomb on …

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