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Caitlin Clark, the highest total choose within the 2024 WNBA draft, made her professional debut earlier than a sellout crowd within the Indiana Fever’s preseason recreation towards the Dallas Wings on Friday night time.
Clark, 22, caught true to her roots because the NCAA Division 1 all-time main scorer, dropping a team-high of 21 factors within the Fever’s 79-76 loss. She led the primary half with 16 factors in 16 minutes, scoring 21 factors in 28 minutes.
Caitlin Clark, #22, and Lexie Hull, #10 of the Indiana Fever, high-five through the recreation towards the Dallas Wings through the WNBA Preseason Recreation on Could 3, 2024, on the Faculty Park Heart in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)
“My greatest objective coming into tonight was to proceed to be myself, have enjoyable enjoying basketball, be aggressive – I assumed that’s what I did. So, I believe [I have] quite a bit to be happy with,” Clark instructed reporters after the sport.
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It was a slender victory for Dallas that got here all the way down to the wire. Dallas’ Arike Ogunbowale had the profitable basket with simply three seconds left on the clock. Clark’s 3-point try from the fitting nook to power extra time fell simply brief on the buzzer.
“You couldn’t ask for a greater recreation,” Clark added.
The previous Iowa star undoubtedly introduced within the sellout crowd, as her jerseys crammed the room.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, indicators autographs after the sport towards the Dallas Wings through the WNBA Preseason Recreation on Could 3, 2024, on the Faculty Park Heart in Arlington, Texas. (Michael Gonzales/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)
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“They’re what makes girls’s basketball so enjoyable,” Clark stated of the followers. “I believe over the course of the final couple of years, it’s simply rising and rising. And for them to return out and help [me] throughout my first WNBA recreation, it is actually particular, not just for myself however each groups on the courtroom. They get to see how good this product is.”
Regardless of the loss, Clark stated her professional debut is just not one thing she’ll ever overlook – identical to her first recreation at Iowa.
“Getting to place in your jersey for the primary time for an actual recreation is one thing that’s tremendous particular. . . . It’s an enormous milestone for somebody that at all times dreamed of enjoying within the WNBA.”
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, shoots a free throw through the recreation towards the Dallas Wings through the WNBA Preseason Recreation on Could 3, 2024, on the Faculty Park Heart in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)
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Friday night time’s recreation was the primary of two for the Fever earlier than Clark makes her regular-season debut on Could 14 on the Connecticut Solar.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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