Caitlin Clark’s efficiency within the Indiana Fever’s shut win towards the Washington Mystics was history-making, and after the sport she etched her identify even additional into the WNBA document books.
The Fever rookie sat at 202 factors, 76 assists and 64 rebounds in simply 12 video games. She grew to become the quickest WNBA participant to achieve a minimum of 200 factors and 50 assists in league historical past, in line with Bleacher Report by way of Stat Mamba on social media.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever talks to the media earlier than the sport towards the Mystics at Capital One Enviornment on June 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (G Fiume/Getty Photos)
Indiana received the sport 85-83 over the Mystics. She additionally tied a WNBA document with seven made 3-pointers and joined New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu as the one WNBA gamers to place up a 30-5-5 stat line as rookies.
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“It felt good to shoot the ball effectively,” Clark mentioned after the sport. “I really feel like even my misses had been proper there.”
The efficiency was adopted up by reviews that indicated Clark could be left off of the U.S. Olympic nationwide ladies’s basketball roster.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever high-fives teammates in the course of the Mystics sport on June 7, 2024, at Capital One Enviornment in Washington, D.C. (Kenny Giarla/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)
Clark was the No. 1 choose of the WNBA Draft in April after main Iowa to back-to-back nationwide championship video games and setting the mark for all-time scoring in school basketball. She was unable to attend nationwide coaching camp in Cleveland after she was invited as a result of Iowa was within the Last 4.
During the last two years, Clark has drawn thousands and thousands of recent followers to the sport. The Iowa-South Carolina nationwide championship was the most-watched ladies’s school basketball sport and her video games with the Fever are among the many high in WNBA rankings this season, to not point out the fan assist she’s acquired at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and elsewhere.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever passes the ball towards the Washington Mystics at Capital One Enviornment on June 7, 2024. (G Fiume/Getty Photos)
As an alternative, the U.S. Olympic roster might be loaded with veterans trying to seize the crew its tenth gold medal, and presumably its eighth straight.
Fox Information’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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