The Indiana Fever rookie scored her 100th 3-pointer of the season in a 93-86 winover the Los Angeles Sparks, making her the first rookie to enter the triple-digittriple club and only the sixth player overall. She joins Sabrina lonescu, DianaTaurasi, Arike Ogunbowale, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum and teammate Kelsey Mitchell.
Among WNBA players to make 100 3-pointers in a season, Clark is the only one toalso post 200 assists.
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Clark finished the game with 24 points on 8-of-17 shooting (4-of-10 from deep), 10rebounds, 10 assists, seven turnovers and three steals, her second careertriple-double. They are the only triple-doubles by a rookie in WNBA history.
As time ticked away, Clark was still one rebound away from her historictriple-double, but got there with an easy grab of the final miss of the game. theGainbridge Fieldhouse crowd knew what it meant.
“This building knows what thau means!”
Ca.tün Clark grabs the rebcund to secure her second career triple-double andthe second by a rookie in @WNBA history pic.twitter.com/9V9FCzKFwv
– Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) September 5, 2024
Aliyah Boston, the Fever’s previous No. 1 pick, had a standout game as well, with 24points on 10-of-16 shooting, 14 rebounds and four assists.
As things stand, Clark is on pace to shatter Alyssa Thomas’ single-season record of316 assists with 335 and finish third on the all-time 3-pointer list with 120, behindlonescu’s record of 128 in a season and Taurasi’s 121. She already holds the recordfor turnovers at 188.
Through 34 career games, Clark already has the third-most career games with 20points and 10 rebounds at seven, behind only Courtney Vandersloot (10 in 422games) and Diana Taurasi (nine in 559 games).
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It’s been an astonishing rookie season for Clark, who entered the league withunprecedented hype and attention after a career at lowa that saw her break theNCAA all-time scoring record and reach two national championship games.
After a rough adjustment period in her first month of the season, Clark has becomeone of the most productive players in the entire league and the favorite for WNBARookie of the Year. She isn’t the only rookie making history, though, as rival AngelReese has already set the record for most rebounds in a season ….
