Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 35 factors with eight assists, Kelsey Mitchell added 30 factors and the duo mixed to hit 12 of Indiana’s 16 3-pointers to assist the Fever beat the Dallas Wings 110-109 on Sunday.
Clark, whose 329 assists are a single-season WNBA record, has a rookie-record 761 factors this season, breaking the mark set by Seimone Augustus (744) in 2006.
Indiana (20-19), which was coming off back-to-back losses to the two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, clinched the No. 6 seed in the playoffs, which start subsequent Sunday. The Fever will play the third-seeded Connecticut Sun, who gained three of the 4 regular-season matchups between the groups, in the primary spherical.
Indiana tied its franchise record for single-game scoring and tied its season excessive for made 3s. The Fever made 38 of 76 from the sector, shot 47 from the free-throw line.
Clark made a driving layup, stole a move on the opposite finish after which got here off a display screen by Temi Fagbenle and made one other layup to offer the Fever a 90-86 lead with 6:35 to play. Teaira McCowan scored inside to chop the deficit to 2, however Clark made back-to-back 3s and, after a transition take foul, hit a free throw to make it 97-88 with 4 minutes left.
Arike Ogunbowale made a contested runner in the lane after which a layup to spark an 8-0 spurt that pulled the Wings inside a degree with 2:27 remaining. Mitchell hit a 3-pointer off an inbounds move from Clark and, after Satou Sabally scored in the paint, Damiris Dantas hit 3s 25 seconds aside to offer Indiana a 106-98 lead with a minute to go.
WATCH: Clark sets rookie season scoring record:
Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 35 factors with eight assists to steer the Indiana Fever to a 110-109 win over the Dallas Wings. Clark, whose 329 assists are a single-season WNBA record, has a rookie-record 761 factors this season, breaking the mark set by Seimone Augustus (744) in 2006.
Ogunbowale fed Natasha Howard for a brief pullup jumper, then transformed a 3-point play to make it a one-possession sport with 41 seconds left. Clark and Aliyah Boston every made 2 of two from the free-throw line to carry off the Wings, who received 3-pointers from Ogunbowale and Sabally in the ultimate 2.1 seconds.
Dallas (9-30) has misplaced eight video games in a row.
Ogunbowale and Sabally scored 27 factors apiece for the Wings and Natasha Howard added 26 factors and 10 rebounds.
Boston scored 15 factors for Indiana.
The Fever have cut up their earlier two conferences this season with Dallas. Each group scored at the least 100 factors to win on its dwelling courtroom.
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Minnesota Lynx ahead and two-time Olympian Bridget Carleton from Chatham, Ont., scores 19 factors together with 5 three-pointers as her group defeats New York Liberty, the highest group in the WNBA, 88-79. The Lynx declare their sixth straight victory and nonetheless have an opportunity to earn the highest seed in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs.
