Oklahoma’s Taylor Robertson Breaks NCAA Record for 3-Pointers

Oklahoma Sooners guard Taylor Robertson has added one other accolade to her illustrious profession — the largest one but.

After tying the report on Wednesday, the Oklahoma Sooners guard hit the 498th 3-pointer of her profession and the is now the only record-holder for 3-pointers made in Division I girls’s basketball historical past. 

Robertson got here off a display and buried a 3-pointer from high of the important thing with 4:18 left within the first quarter.

Robertson beforehand broke the Large 12 report a season in the past and has now edged out Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell for the highest spot in males’s or girls’s basketball historical past. 

Along with setting the convention report final yr, she shattered the varsity data of Oklahoma greats, equivalent to Buddy Hield and Aaryn Ellenberg on her technique to the crown.

Over the course of her profession in Norman, the fifth-year senior is capturing a red-hot 43.8 % from 3-point vary and 92 % from the free-throw line. She’s averaging 15.9 factors per recreation over 5 seasons.

Robertson wanted one triple to interrupt the report, and he or she wasted no time in any respect. After flattening three first half bombs in opposition to Iowa State, Robertson’s streak of video games with a 3-pointer made has now been prolonged to 62 consecutive video games.