Caitlin Clark dazzled with a career-high 35 points and set the WNBA single-season rookie scoring record, leading the Indiana Fever to a thrilling 110-109 victory over the visiting Dallas Wings on Sunday afternoon.
Clark, who set the single-season assist record on Friday, broke Seimone Augustus’ rookie scoring mark of 744 points set in 2006 with Minnesota.
Clark achieved the feat with 2:54 to play in the third, drilling a 3-pointer that knotted the game at 78-all.
Kelsey Mitchell also excelled for the Fever (20-19), scoring 30 points while Aliyah Boston added 15 in the team’s regular-season home finale. Boston made two free throws with 1.1 seconds left to ice the game.
With the score tied at 86-all in the fourth, Clark drove to the hoop twice and connected, nudging Indiana in front 90-86 with 6:35 remaining.
Clark then knocked down consecutive 3-pointers that stretched the Fever’s lead to 96-88 at the 4:19 mark.
Indiana made 16 3-pointers in all, including three in the final two minutes — two coming from Damiris Dantas — as it snapped a two-game losing streak. Clark made six of her 14 attempts from beyond the arc and dished out a game-high eight assists.
Wings all-time leading scorer Arike Ogunbowale nearly rallied Dallas, hitting a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds to play that cut Indiana’s lead to 108-106.
Ogunbowale scored 27 and became the fastest in WNBA history to 4,000 career points when she buried a 3-pointer with 5:30 to play in the third. The historic shot tied the game 70-all.
Satou Sabally added 27 points, including a last-second 3-pointer, and Natasha Howard finished with 26 for Dallas (9-30). Howard also pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds while Teaira McCowan chipped in 14 points.
The Wings have lost 16 consecutive road games and their last eight games overall, including two against the Fever this month.
Dallas made four of its five 3-point attempts and shot 68.4 percent overall from the field as it led 34-26 at the end of the first quarter.
Clark and Mitch each scored 12 points in the second quarter as Indiana trimmed Dallas’ lead to 59-57 at the half.
–Field Level Media
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