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Indiana Fever beat Dallas Wings 110-109, Caitlin Clark scores career-high 35 points in win
By Evan Frank, Indianapolis Star,
1 days ago
The Indiana Fever held on against the Dallas Wings to earn their 20th victory of the season with a 110-109 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Caitlin Clark had a career-high of 35 points. In the third quarter, she broke the WNBA rookie single-season scoring record 746 points. Clark also had 8 assists. Kelsey Mitchell had 30 points.
Aliyah Boston scored Indiana's next 4 points (both baskets came on layups). Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3 at 5:30 to tie it up at 70-70. From there Dallas went on an 8-3 run. Kelsey Mitchell cut Dallas' lead down with a basket at 3:24.
Caitlin Clark tied it up at 78-78 with a 3 at 2:54. Maddy Siegrist broke the tie shortly after Clark's big shot with a floating jumper. Lexie Hull evened the score with 2 free throws at 1:36. Hull went to the free throw line again at 1:21 and broke the tie with back-to-back free throws.
Clark broke the WNBA rookie single-season scoring record with 746 points. She has 22 points and 6 assists going into the fourth quarter. Mitchell leads Indiana with 27 points.
Kelsey Mitchell scored the Fever's first 4 points of the second half. Caitlin Clark added a pullup jumper at 8:22. Mitchell made a 3 at 7:43. She already has 7 points in the new half and 22 for the game.
Natasha Howard gave Dallas a 46-44 lead with back-to-back free throws. From there the Fever went on a 7-0 run. The Wings and the Fever traded baskets back and forth. Satou Sabally hit a 3 at 1:54 to pull Dallas within 55-53.
The Wings went on a 4-0 run to retake the lead, but Kelsey Mitchell tied things up at 57-57 with a jumper at 0:43. Sabally made both of her free throws right before the half.
Caitlin Clark is 3 for 6 from long distance with 15 points and 4 assists. Mitchell also has 15 points (3 for 8 from 3-point range).
With 6:09 left, Kelsey Mitchell made a 3-pointer to pull Indiana within 42-40. Aliyah Boston tied it up at 42-42 with a layup, but Natasha Howard broke the tie with a layup of her own. Mitchell tied it up again with a step-back jumper.
Caitlin Clark drilled a 3 for Indiana's first points of the new quarter. At 8:20, she went to the free-throw line and made all 3 of her attempts. Dallas' lead is down to 36-32.
From there, Dallas rattled off 4 straight points. Clark stopped that run with a basket from 3 feet out. She stole a pass on the following Dallas possession and nailed a 29-foot 3-pointer at 6:50.
Caitlin Clark made a 3-pointer at the 3:51 mark. Satou Sabally answered with her own 3 for Dallas. With 2 minutes left, Temi Fagbenle made a 3 for the Fever. At 1:20, Erica Wheeler sunk a 3 as well. Fever down 30-24 after Wheeler's shot.
Dallas made 2 free throws with 0:54.2 remaining. Fegbenle followed that with 2 free throws of her own. Teaira McCowan made a basket before the period ended.
Dallas started the game on a 16-8 run. NaLyssa Smith and Aliyah Boston made up for Indiana's scoring during that stretch. Arike Ogunbowale, a two-time WNBA All-Star MVP who went to Notre Dame, had 5 points in that span for the Wings.
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