CAITLIN CLARK set a new WNBA record in her third game since returning from injury.
The former University of Iowa guard played a big role as the Indiana Fever got back to winning ways against the Dallas Wings on Sunday.
Caitlin Clark was in fine form in the Indiana Fever’s win over the Dallas Wings[/caption]
The 22-year-old ended up setting a new WNBA record in the Fever’s return to the win column[/caption]
The Fever ran out 102-83 winners to take their record for the season to 11-10.
Fan favourite Clark was in fine form, sinking 14 points and a whopping 13 assists.
And her haul saw against the Wings saw the 22-year-old write her name into the WNBA‘s history books.
Clark is now the fastest player in WNBA history to score 200 points and 100 assists in a single season.
The milestone has been made even more impressive by the fact that injury has restricted her to just 12 outings this season.
Clark’s overall scoring is down this season to an average of 16.7 points per game.
Clark, currently averaging nine assists each match, shattered the WNBA’s single-season assist record last year.
She broke the record previously held by Alyssa Thomas with two games to spare, ending the campaign with 337 assists.
Caitlin Clark shattered the WNBA’s single-season assist record last year[/caption]
Despite her latest milestone, Clark was critical of herself after the match.
“I still probably didn’t shoot it as well as I would have liked, but I feel like it’s coming.
“Just continuing to get my legs under me. Like I said pregame, I feel like I’m a couple of shots away from having a really good game.
“But I thought my playmaking was really good, so there wasn’t really a reason for me to shoot that much.”
She added: “When we have five people in double figures, I feel like we’re going to be pretty hard to beat.
“It would take a lot for a team to beat us.
“We were kind of just firing on all cylinders and moving the ball well, getting to the next action, playing out of the pick-and-roll well.
“And then our defence was good and got us a lot of buckets in transition.”
