Current:Home > InvestHow many points did Caitlin Clark score today? Rookie season ends with WNBA playoffs loss -GrowthInsight
How many points did Caitlin Clark score today? Rookie season ends with WNBA playoffs loss
View
Date:2025-04-12 22:25:59
Caitlin Clark's rookie season in the WNBA is over.
The Indiana Fever were eliminated from the 2024 WNBA playoffs after they were swept by the Connecticut Sun in the best-of-three first round matchup. The Sun fended off a late rally in Game 2 after winning Game 1 on Sunday.
Clark put up a solid effort in the elimination game, scoring a game-high 25 points with nine assists and six rebounds in the Fever's 87-81 loss. She also had one steal and one block to go along with three turnovers. It came after Clark had 11 points with eight assists in her playoff debut.
It wasn't near the blowout win Connecticut had on Sunday, but the Sun did lead for the majority of the game. Clark opened the game with a 3-pointer that made it seem like it would be a hot-shooting night. She made her second 3-pointer just a few minutes later to give Indiana a nine-point lead after making two of her first three attempts beyond the arc.
But after that, it was tough for Clark to sink another deep shot. She went just 1-for-9 from beyond the arc afterward as the Sun claimed the lead and held on to it. Connecticut got the lead to nine points in the fourth quarter, but Indiana stormed back to take a slim lead at 75-73 with a chance to force a winner-take-all Game 3. Connecticut then went on a 14-6 run to end the game and seal the sweep. Clark didn't get a shot attempt in the final two minutes and finished the night 10-for-23 from the field, including 3-for-12 on 3-pointers.
Clark's record-setting rookie season ends after 42 total games. In her first year, including playoffs, Clark scored 805 points, recorded 354 assists and pulled down 237 rebounds.
Caitlin Clark stats in Game 2
- Points: 25
- Rebounds: 6
- Assists : 9
- Steals: 1
- Blocks: 1
- Shooting: 10-for-23
- 3-point shooting: 3-for-12
veryGood! (62)
Related
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Disney to purchase remaining stake in Hulu for at least $8.61 billion, companies announce
- Connecticut police officer who stunned shoplifting suspect 3 times charged with assault
- Khloe Kardashian Reveals She Wore Prosthetic Lips for This Look
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- 'The Office' creator Greg Daniels talks potential reboot, Amazon's 'Upload' and WGA strike
- China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure
- `Worse than people can imagine’: Medicaid `unwinding’ breeds chaos in states
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow and Chaka Khan ready for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Ranking
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- AP Week in Pictures: North America
- UN plans to cut number of refugees receiving cash aid in Lebanon by a third, citing funding cuts
- US announces $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- DoorDash warns customers who don't tip that they may face a longer wait for their food orders
- Khloe Kardashian’s Son Tatum Is Fast and Furious in Dwayne Johnson Transformation
- Thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
Recommendation
This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
Thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
Next season has arrived! Way-too-early World Series contenders for MLB's 2024 season
'Priscilla' cast Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi on why they avoided Austin Butler's 'Elvis'
Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
Experts call Connecticut city’s ‘mishandled ballots’ a local and limited case, but skeptics disagree
Washington State 4-year-old boy attacked, killed by family dog on Halloween, police say
2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been chosen: See the 80-foot tall Norway Spruce