The all-time scoring leader in D1 college basketball set a different kind of record on the court Tuesday in Connecticut, as the Fever fell to the Sun.
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever faces Astou Ndour-Fall and DiJonai Carrington of the Connecticut Sun in Clark’s debut WNBA game at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on May 14, 2024.efore her ballyhooed WNBA debut on Tuesday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., Indiana Fever guard and No. 1 2024 draft picktold reporters that she didn’t envision her first WNBA points coming on one of her trademark long 3-pointers, shot from some logo on the court, far from the basket.
Finally, about 15 minutes into her WNBA career, Clark stole the ball, dribbled down the right side of the court, hesitated for a nanosecond before blowing by the Connecticut defense for the first bucket of her WNBA career—indeed, an easy layup, that “high-percentage two.” Better late than never. The crowd roared.
It’s not like Connecticut shut Clark down outright. She still led her team with 20 points. Connecticut’s DeWanna Bonner also dropped 20 in the win. Lyla Bodek, a second grader from Middleton, Mass., drove two hours with her dad to catch Clark. During warmups, she waved at the Fever rookie, holding a sign—sponsored by Dunkin’—with a note sketched in her handwriting. “Dear Caitlin Clark,” Bodek wrote. “You are my favorite WNBA player. I wanted to play basketball because of you. I’m feeling 22.” Like many kids at the game, she wore a red No. 22 Fever shirt.
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