One other day, one other document damaged by Caitlin Clark.
The 22-year-old rookie recorded 19 assists within the Indiana Fever’s 101-93 loss to the Dallas Wings on Wednesday – a WNBA document for a single sport.
The New York Liberty’s Courtney Vandersloot held the earlier document of 18 assists, set in August 2020 when she was with the Chicago Sky.
Clark additionally added 24 factors and 6 rebounds in opposition to the Wings, nevertheless it was finally in a shedding trigger because the Fever fell to 11-15 on the season.
“I simply attempt to set my teammates up for fulfillment,” Clark advised reporters after the sport. “I believe at instances, I can nearly over-pass and there might have been a number of instances the place, as an alternative of passing that results in turnovers … I might in all probability shoot the ball.”
Her teammate, Aliyah Boston, added that the document is “fairly cool,” regardless of realizing that Clark would say “it means nothing.”
Clark, the No. 1 choose within the 2024 draft, has already damaged a number of information in her brief WNBA profession, which incorporates changing into the primary rookie to document a triple-double earlier this month.
In opposition to the Wings, she scored or assisted on 66 of the Fever’s factors – probably the most in WNBA historical past, based on ESPN, surpassing Diana Taurasi’s document from 2006. It was additionally her third sport with 20-plus factors and 10-plus assists.
Boston had a career-high 28 factors, whereas NaLyssa Smith had 13 factors and 12 rebounds, however the Fever had been unable to shut out the sport, regardless of the scores being tied at 93-93 late within the fourth quarter.
Arike Ogunbowale and Odyssey Sims led the scoring for the Wings, who went on an 8-0 run to shut out the sport and enhance to 6-19 on the season, with 24 factors every.
This was the ultimate WNBA sport earlier than a month-long break for the All-Star weekend, wherein Clark will function, and the Paris Olympics. The Fever subsequent play the Phoenix Mercury on August 16, whereas the Wings will face the Connecticut Solar.
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