Caitlin Clark’s recognition and prowess on the court docket has drawn a ton of latest eyeballs to the Indiana Fever and the WNBA usually.
On Sunday, the Footprint Middle was offered out as 17,071 followers got here to the sector to see the matchup. Probably, a whole lot of them got here to witness Clark and noticed her almost full a triple-double.
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Kelsey Mitchell, #0 of the Indiana Fever, appears on in the course of the recreation in opposition to the Seattle Storm at Local weather Pledge Enviornment on June 27, 2024 in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Pictures)
Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell admitted after the Fever’s 88-82 win that the brand new pleasure across the group was one thing to get used to. The group is already averaging round 16,700 followers on the Gainbridge Fieldhouse – probably the most within the WNBA.
“I feel the identical eyes have been on her at Iowa, so I feel she’s type of like mastered the way it’s alleged to go. Hats off to her for coping with it. I feel for us it is clearly an adjustment,” Mitchell mentioned, by way of Desert Wave Media.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, and Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell, #0, work together throughout a WNBA Commissioner’s Cup recreation between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Solar on June 10, 2024 at Mohegan Solar Enviornment in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
“We’re new to Caitlin, and Caitlin is new to us, so it is an adjustment so far as these eyes, however me personally, I am advantageous.”
Mitchell, who was an All-Star for the primary time final season, is averaging 16.3 factors this season. Paradoxically, Clark topped Mitchell’s scoring mark in faculty on her solution to changing into the all-time chief.
For now, the purpose stays easy – make the playoffs.
Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell, #0, and Phoenix Mercury guard Sophie Cunningham, #9, battle for a free ball in the course of the second half of a WNBA basketball recreation on Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Phoenix. (AP Picture/Ross D. Franklin)
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With the win over the Mercury, the Fever jumped to the No. 8 spot within the WNBA standings. If the season ended on Sunday, they might be within the playoffs for the primary time since 2017.
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