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- ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Records through 2010-11" (PDF). NCAA. 2011. pp. 2, 5, 10, 11.
- ↑ "Ford sees coveted NCAA record fall". Des Moines Register. February 11, 2009.
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- ↑ NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 4.
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- ↑ NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 3.
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