Caitlin Clark continues to claim herself as one of the vital highest passers in WNBA historical past.
Already the record-holder for assists in one contest (19, which she eager within the ultimate contest earlier than the All-Celebrity fracture), Clark is now within the list books all over again. Together with her 3rd lend a hand Sunday in opposition to the Seattle Typhoon, Clark eager a pristine single-season mark for general helpers via a rookie.
Clark handed Ticha Penicheiro, who had 225 for the Sacramento Monarchs in 1998.
The WNBA season was once shorter throughout Penicheiro’s rookie week, but it surely took the Portuguese defend 30 video games to achieve 225. Clark exceeded that mark in Indiana’s twenty eighth contest of the season, with 12 extra contests left to position that general out of succeed in for month first-years.
Information are supposed to be damaged…it displays expansion and evolution. Can’t suppose of a higher participant to fracture it.
Then a rather sluggish begin to the season — no less than via the prolific usual she eager at Iowa — Clark has been on a tear of past due. Within the endmost 16 video games coming into Sunday (then that brutal opening stretch of eleven contests in 20 days), Clark is averaging a akin double-double with 18.9 issues and 9.6 assists in step with contest.
She kicked off the second one part of the season with 29 issues and 10 assists in a win over the Phoenix Mercury and their 3 Olympians. Clark adopted that with 23 issues, 9 assists and 5 rebounds on 9-of-19 taking pictures within the Indiana Fever’s 92-75 win over the Typhoon.
Clark is the WNBA chief in assists in step with contest (8.3) and may fracture the single-season general lend a hand list held via Connecticut Solar ahead Alyssa Thomas if she averages 7.1 assists the remainder of the best way. Unused York Self rule defend Courtney Vandersloot’s all-time mark of 10 assists in step with contest (eager throughout the 22-game bubble season in 2020) nonetheless looms, however it will be silly to guess in opposition to Clark chasing that at some time in her nascent occupation.
The Fever take a seat at 13-15, in 7th playground within the WNBA standings with the lead 8 making the playoffs. They’ve already secured their win general from a week in the past, and feature overwhelmed the 2 groups without delay in entrance of them within the standings to start out the second one part of the season. Indiana has the second-easiest agenda excess over its ultimate 12 video games.
