Current:Home > ContactCaitlin Clark sets record for most assists in a WNBA game: Fever vs. Wings stats -TradeGrid
Caitlin Clark sets record for most assists in a WNBA game: Fever vs. Wings stats
View
Date:2025-04-11 16:30:20
Caitlin Clark scored 24 and set a WNBA single-game record with 19 assists, but the Indiana Fever dropped its final game before the Olympic break, falling 101-93 to the Dallas Wings.
In a chaotic, back-and-forth second half, a 3 from Dallas’ Arike Ogunbowale with 44.6 seconds left gave the Wings a 97-93 lead and proved to be the dagger. A turnover by Clark on the following possession — just her fifth of the game — allowed Dallas to stall before Ogunbowale sealed it at the line.
Dallas had built as much as a 16-point lead before Indiana, led by Clark and Aliyah Boston (28 points, eight rebounds), came back. Six Wings scored in double figures, led by Ogunbowale and Odyssey Sims, who both had 24.
For the first 15 minutes Wednesday, Indiana couldn’t hit anything from deep. But Clark — who else? — got them going from beyond the arc, draining her first 3 with 5:19 to play in the second quarter. She reeled off 10 consecutive points in that stretch, and finished the half with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting.
In the loss, Clark inched closer to another WNBA rookie record.
After handing out 19 assists Wednesday, Clark, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Draft, is now just 13 assists away from breaking the league’s rookie assist record, currently held by four-time WNBA All-Star Ticha Penicheiro, who played 15 seasons in the WNBA.
Penicheiro set the rookie assist record in 1998 with the Sacramento Monarchs, dishing 225 in 30 games, a clip of 7.5 per game. Clark could play 40 games in the 2024 season, and the Fever are on the brink of being a playoff team; that means Clark won’t just break the record, but likely obliterate it.
Clark averaged a whopping 12.5 assists per game throughout July; through the first half of the season she leads the league in the category, averaging 8.2 through 26 games.
Clark now heads to Phoenix for the All-Star game, where the All-Stars will take on the 2024 Olympic team on Saturday, with tip set for 8:30 p.m. ET.
It is the first time since 2014 that two rookies — in this case, Clark and Chicago’s Angel Reese, the No. 7 pick in the draft — will play in the All-Star game. Clark is also expected to participate in Friday’s 3-point shooting contest.
Email Lindsay Schnell at [email protected] and follow her on social media @Lindsay_Schnell
veryGood! (2)
Related
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- Powerball winning numbers for March 6, 2024 drawing: Jackpot rises to $521 million
- Activist to foundation leader: JPB’s Deepak Bhargava to deliver ‘lightning bolt’ to philanthropy
- Are you moving? Don't forget your change of address. Here's how to easily swap info.
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- Cole Brauer becomes 1st American woman to race sailboat alone and nonstop around world
- Fact Focus: Claims Biden administration is secretly flying migrants into the country are unfounded
- Trump ordered to pay legal fees after failed lawsuit over ‘shocking and scandalous’ Steele dossier
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Take 68% off Origins Skincare, 40% off Skechers, 57% off a Renpho Heated Eye Massager & More Major Deals
Ranking
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Powerball winning numbers for March 6, 2024 drawing: Jackpot rises to $521 million
- Powerball winning numbers for March 6, 2024 drawing: Jackpot rises to $521 million
- Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, once allies, no longer see eye to eye. Here's why.
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Woman whose husband killed his 5-year-old daughter granted parole for perjury
- Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
- Texas' largest-ever wildfire that killed at least 2 apparently ignited by power company facilities, company says
Recommendation
'Most Whopper
Kate Middleton's Uncle Speaks to Her Health Journey While on Celebrity Big Brother
'Princess Bride' actor Cary Elwes was victim of theft, sheriffs say
Inter Miami star Jordi Alba might not play vs. Nashville SC in Champions Cup. Here's why.
Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
Baltimore to pay $275k in legal fees after trying to block far-right Catholic group’s 2021 rally
Baltimore to pay $275k in legal fees after trying to block far-right Catholic group’s 2021 rally
Teen Mom's Jenelle Evans Breaks Silence on Split from Husband David Eason