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Game recap: Caitlin Clark's record-setting effort can't save Fever against Wings
By Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star,
2024-07-17
The Indiana Fever (11-14) complete their pre-Olympic break schedule against the Dallas Wings (5-19). Indiana has won three of its past four games and Dallas has lost three straight.
The Fever have three WNBA All-Stars : Kelsey Mitchell (17 points per game), Caitlin Clark (16.8 points, 7.8 assists, 5.8 rebounds) and Aliyah Boston (13.7 points, 8.8 rebounds). NaLyssa Smith adds 11.6 points and 7.6 rebounds.
WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale leads Dallas with 22.2 points, 5.1 assists and 2.7 steals per game. Natasha Howard adds 16.6 points and 6.8 rebounds; Odyssey Sims 16.4 points and 5.1 assists; and former Fever player Teaira McCowan 11.5 points and 7.4 rebounds.
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The Fever tie it at 63 on Aliyah Boston's basket with 4:30 to go. NaLyssa Smith's and-1 off a behind-the-back pass from Caitlin Clark pulls the Fever within 63-61. That's Clark 10 th assist of the game.
Clark hits a 3 and assists Katie Lou Samuelson on another.
Dallas comes out of the timeout with 7 straight points over the next 1:20 to extend its lead to 11.
Aliyah Boston has 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Caitlin Clark has 14 points and 8 assists. Indiana is 2-of-13 on 3-pointers with 10 turnovers. The Fever had trailed by 16 points in the second quarter.
With her 202nd assist, Clark sets the Fever franchise record for a season. Her teammate, Erica Wheeler, held the old mark.
Odyssey Sims has 17 points and 7 assists, and Arike Ogunbowale 14 points and 3 steals for Dallas, which is 57.5% from the field.
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