Caitlin Clark sets WNBA rookie record, scores 23 in Fever's win over Storm

The Indiana Fever look like a new team since the WNBA's Paris Olympics break, winning their second consecutive game after a 92–75 home victory over the Seattle Storm on Sunday.

Guard play was the major difference in the Fever's win, with Kelsey Mitchell scoring 27 points (hitting 5-of-8 3-pointers), Caitlin Clark tallying 23 and Lexie Hull adding 22 (shooting 6-for-7 from 3). Aliyah Boston grabbed 15 rebounds for Indiana, which improved to 13-15 for the season (8-5 at home).

Clark earned her 225th career assist in the second quarter of the game, passing Ticha Penicheiro's 1998 record for the most assists by a rookie in WNBA history. (Although there are conflicting statistics on how many assists Penicheiro recorded for the record — the WNBA says 224, while ESPN says 225 — Clark passed the record regardless.)

"Ticha's been a big fan of mine ever since I was in college and somebody that has always been right there to congratulate me or just be somebody that's offered advice," Clark said in a postgame interview with ESPN's Holly Rowe. "To pass somebody like her, I'm just forever thankful that she's been such a legend in our game."





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