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Caitlin Clark Breaks WNBA Rookie Scoring Record; Fever Star Saluted by Fans

Updated Sept. 15, 2024, 8:46 p.m. by Timothy Rapp 1 min read
NCAAB News

There goes Caitlin Clark, making history again.

The Indiana Fever rookiewho seemed to break every record possible in her legendary college career at Iowabecame the highest-scoring rookie in WNBA history on Sunday.

Unsurprisingly, fans were buzzing after she set the record: Clark already held the rookie records for assists and made three-pointers, along with becoming the first rookie in WNBA history to not only have one triple-double, but two.

She'll undoubtedly be named the Rookie of the Year.

To say the top overall pick from the 2024 WNBA draft has lived up to the hype would be an understatement.

And that's not to mention the long list of records she set at Iowa, which included becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball history among both men and women.

As for Sunday's contest, Clark led the Fever to a 110-109 win, scoring a game-high and career-high 35 points to go along with eight assists, three steals, three rebounds and five turnovers.

The win moved the Feveralready playoff-boundto 20-19 on the year and clinched them the No.

6 seed.

So Clark isn't just putting up stats, she's winning games, too.

When it comes to the rookie phenom, feel free to pick your internet-approved cliche.

She is inevitable.

She is her.

She's got that dog in her.

And perhaps the scariest one of allshe's just getting started..

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