![Jessica Hill FILE - Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021 inductee Pearl Moore speaks at a news conference at Mohegan Sun, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn. Long before Iowa star Caitlin Clark hit her first long-range three or signed her first autograph, Hall of Famer Pearl Moore had already set the scoring standard for women's basketball. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/db1e29c5a0804a1e8277bdda470b57a9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021 inductee Pearl Moore speaks at a news conference at Mohegan Sun, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn. Long before Iowa star Caitlin Clark hit her first long-range three or signed her first autograph, Hall of Famer Pearl Moore had already set the scoring standard for women's basketball. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
![Anonymous FILE - Ann Meyers drives during practice at the NBA rookie camp for the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Sept. 10, 1978. Greats like Ann Meyers Drysdale laid the foundation for the heights the game has reached in 2024. (AP Photo/File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9425b9b60f4b41f0a1b6fc6083ca1341/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Ann Meyers drives during practice at the NBA rookie camp for the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Sept. 10, 1978. Greats like Ann Meyers Drysdale laid the foundation for the heights the game has reached in 2024. (AP Photo/File)
![Phil Long FILE - Lynette Woodard (4) of the Cleveland Rockers gets off a shot as Sue Wicks (23) of the New York Liberty tries to defend during the first half of a WNBA game in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, July 14, 1997. Until 1997, there was no WNBA. Media coverage was minimal. The madness of March was almost exclusively the men's domain. (AP Photo/Phil Long, FIle)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0f7e9601b4894d9dbc0e089a4ab4d368/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Lynette Woodard (4) of the Cleveland Rockers gets off a shot as Sue Wicks (23) of the New York Liberty tries to defend during the first half of a WNBA game in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, July 14, 1997. Until 1997, there was no WNBA. Media coverage was minimal. The madness of March was almost exclusively the men's domain. (AP Photo/Phil Long, FIle)
![Eric Drotter FILE - Nancy Lieberman-Cline of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury poses after practice at America West Arena in Phoenix, Wednesday, June 11, 1997. (AP Photo/Eric Drotter, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5cc10ba3a92849ce96675450b40ac797/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Nancy Lieberman-Cline of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury poses after practice at America West Arena in Phoenix, Wednesday, June 11, 1997. (AP Photo/Eric Drotter, File)
![Matthew Putney FILE - Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) stands with teammate after being presented with a commemorative basketball after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Clark broke the NCAA women's career scoring record. While Clark has done her part with every step-back logo 3-pointer she makes, a generation of women cleared the way for her and others. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5143b4384a2248c78fe66a43bf220c1b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) stands with teammate after being presented with a commemorative basketball after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Clark broke the NCAA women's career scoring record. While Clark has done her part with every step-back logo 3-pointer she makes, a generation of women cleared the way for her and others. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)
![Stephan Savoia FILE - Rutgers University women's basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer, right, is congratulated by her fill-in presenters, Hall of Famers Ann Meyers, left, and Lynette Woodward, center, during Stringer's enshrinement ceremony into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday night, Sept. 11, 2009. Long before Caitlin Clark broke records, packed arenas across the country like Taylor Swift in sneakers and inspired young girls to be like her, women's basketball looked very different than it does today. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3b209468c0824e5aaf4524535444ca5e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Rutgers University women's basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer, right, is congratulated by her fill-in presenters, Hall of Famers Ann Meyers, left, and Lynette Woodward, center, during Stringer's enshrinement ceremony into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., Friday night, Sept. 11, 2009. Long before Caitlin Clark broke records, packed arenas across the country like Taylor Swift in sneakers and inspired young girls to be like her, women's basketball looked very different than it does today. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)