One recreation after she put up her season-high in factors, Caitlin Clark almost matched it.
Clark, the star rookie guard of the Indiana Fever, poured it on late to safe a 100-93, come-from-behind victory over the Dallas Wings. Extra importantly for the Fever, they’re hitting their stride; Indiana has now received 4 in a row and has gone over .500, with a 17-16 report.
Clark completed with 28 factors, although it was teammate Kelsey Mitchell who scored a career-high 36 factors.
Clark had a quiet begin to the sport — by her requirements, a minimum of — scoring simply 5 factors via the primary quarter-and-a-half of play. Actually, Clark was outshined within the first half by Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale, who drained 5 3 pointers within the first quarter and had 24 factors by intermission.
Nonetheless, Clark continued to imprint her mark on Indiana Fever historical past; when she scored her 595th level Sunday, Clark surpassed Tamika Catchings’ franchise report for many factors in a single season by a rookie.
And whereas Ogunbowale would tie a single-game WNBA report with 9 3s, it was Clark and the Fever who took over within the fourth quarter. Indiana outscored Dallas 30-19 within the body and it was a pair of deep 3-pointers that Clark hit in the course of the quarter that helped propel the Fever.
This efficiency comes one recreation after Clark scored 31 factors in a victory over the Chicago Sky on Friday. The Fever scored 100 or extra factors in consecutive video games for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Caitlin Clark stats
In 37 minutes Sunday in opposition to the Wings, Clark completed with 28 factors on 10-of-19 capturing, together with going 5-of-11 from past the arc. Clark additionally added 4 rebounds, 12 assists and one steal. This marked Clark’s twelfth double-double of the season. She additionally dedicated seven turnovers.