This season, Caitlin Clark is not slowing down. The Indiana standout led her team to victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday afternoon with a career-high 35 points and eight assists. This season, Caitlin Clark is not slowing down. On Sunday afternoon, the Indiana Fever standout led her team to victory over the Dallas Wings with a career-high 35 points and eight assists.
Clark broke the WNBA rookie record for points in a season with her 35-point performance. She is still in the lead with 761 points with one game remaining in the regular season. Seimone Augustus held the record with 744 points in 2006. Clark currently owns the 18-year record, and he has the opportunity to break it again this Thursday against the Washington Mystics. Whether a rookie or not, Clark’s 329 assists this season set an all-time league record. With the win over the Wings, Indiana also secured the sixth seed in the WNBA playoffs, securing a quarterfinal game with the Connecticut Sun.
The Sun defeated the Fever in three of their four regular-season meetings, however Clark’s squad prevailed in the most recent encounter. The semifinals and finals are both best-of-five games, with home-court advantage going to Connecticut in the best-of-three series. Together, Clark and teammate Kelsey Mitchell scored thirty points and made all but four of Indiana’s sixteen 3-pointers during the game. Under intense scrutiny, Clark’s inaugural year has seen her guide the Fever to a fantastic second half of the season after starting 1–8. Since the beginning of June, the Fever have a 19-11 record, led by what is probably Clark’s rookie of the year campaign. The only question left is how far Clark can stretch her records before the Playoff begin.
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