Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) celebrates after a three-point basket in opposition to the Dallas Wings within the first half of a WNBA basketball recreation in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photograph/Michael Conroy)
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 35 factors with eight assists, Kelsey Mitchell added 30 factors and the duo mixed to hit 12 of Indiana’s 16 3-pointers to assist the Fever beat the Dallas Wings 110-109 on Sunday.
Clark, whose 329 assists are a single-season WNBA report, has a rookie-record 761 factors this season, breaking the mark set by Seimone Augustus (744) in 2006.
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Indiana (20-19), which was coming off back-to-back losses to the two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, clinched the No. 6 seed within the playoffs, which start subsequent Sunday. The Fever will play the third-seeded Connecticut Solar, who gained three of the 4 regular-season matchups between the groups, within the first spherical.
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Caitlin Clark had a masterful efficiency in maybe her finest offensive recreation of the yr as she poured in a career-high 35 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 3 STLS within the @IndianaFever‘s 110-109 win over the Wings 🏀#WelcometotheW pic.twitter.com/f5xpHcZphe
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 15, 2024
Indiana tied its franchise report for single-game scoring and tied its season excessive for made 3s. The Fever made 38 of 76 from the sphere, shot 47% from 3-point vary and hit 18 of 21 (86%) from the free-throw line.
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Clark made a driving layup, stole a move on the opposite finish after which got here off a display by Temi Fagbenle and made one other layup to present the Fever a 90-86 lead with 6:35 to play. Teaira McCowan scored inside to chop the deficit to 2, however Clark made back-to-back 3s and, after a transition take foul, hit a free throw to make it 97-88 with 4 minutes left.
Arike Ogunbowale made a contested runner within the lane after which a layup to spark an 8-0 spurt that pulled the Wings inside some extent with 2:27 remaining. Mitchell hit a 3-pointer off an inbounds move from Clark and, after Satou Sabally scored within the paint, Damiris Dantas hit 3s 25 seconds aside to present Indiana a 106-98 lead with a minute to go.
Ogunbowale fed Natasha Howard for a brief pullup jumper, then transformed a 3-point play to make it a one-possession recreation with 41 seconds left. Clark and Aliyah Boston every made 2 of two from the free-throw line to carry off the Wings, who bought 3-pointers from Ogunbowale and Sabally within the last 2.1 seconds.
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Dallas (9-30) has misplaced eight video games in a row.
Ogunbowale and Sabally scored 27 factors apiece for the Wings and Natasha Howard added 26 factors and 10 rebounds.
Boston scored 15 factors for Indiana.
The Fever have break up their earlier two conferences this season with Dallas. Every group scored no less than 100 factors to win on its dwelling courtroom.
