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Caitlin Clark breaks Fever rookie scoring record in win over Wings
By Christian Arnold,
8 hours ago
Caitlin Clark toppled another Indiana Fever record.
He set the franchise’s rookie scoring mark that had been held by Tamika Catchings since 2002.
Clark had 28 points for the Fever during Sunday’s 100-93 win over the Dallas Wings with the record-breaking basket coming with 3:13 left in the half when she put up her 595th career point with a 3-pointer.
Former Lynx star Seimone Augustus holds the all-time WNBA mark with 744
This was just the latest in a laundry list of records Clark has broken this season since she was taken first overall in the WNBA draft this year out of Iowa.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) shoots as Dallas Wings’ Jacy Sheldon (4) and Natasha Howard, right, defend in the first half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, AP
The year Catchings set the franchise rookie record, she also won WNBA Rookie of the Year.
Clark seems to be on her way to earning that nod as well this season as she’s averaged 18.4 points per game and shot better than 40 percent from the floor.
“You know when I walked in before the game, there were just hundreds of fans lined up. What Caitlin Clark has done for the game is generational,” Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman said during the telecast. “As a baller to a baller, I just want to say thank you to you, Caitlin Clark. For just lifting our game up. You and so many great players.”
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark smiles as she looks to the team bench after making a pass to the basket that led to a score in the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. AP
Clark’s impact has not been lost on those who have watched the massive crowds come out to arenas to see Clark and the Fever play.
Sunday’s game was taking place in Dallas and the win helped move the Fever above .500.
The trip to Dallas even brought out what appeared to be Dallas area sports talk host Tom Gribble, better known as “Scoops Callahan.”
Caitlin Clark was asked after defeating the Dallas Wings: “Caitlin, Caitlin, after giving the Razzmatazz to those Windy City skyscrapers Friday night, what was the biggest wingding game you expected to find today in the shindig against these dynamos from Big D?"
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