It was big day for Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark.
The No. 1 overall WNBA Draft pick received the fourth-most votes for Most Valuable Player and made her playoff debut against the Connecticut Sun.
Clark struggled, much like her teammates, in an 93-69 Game 1 loss, scoring just 11 points. The Fever shot just 40.3% from the field and 21.4% on 3-pointers.
Ouch: Clark gets poked in first quarter, develops black eye, shoots poorly
Caitlin Clark stats in Game 1 vs. Sun
DiJonai Carrington poked Clark in the right eye while playing defense in the first quarter, but Clark didn’t miss any court time. She scored 11 points (4-of-17 shooting, 2-of-13 3-pointers, 1-of-2 free throws), 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 turnovers.
2024 regular season: 19.2 points (7th in the league), 8.4 assists (1st) and 5.7 rebounds (18th) per game, along with 34.4% 3-point shooting (30th) and 90.5% free throw shooting (2nd).
Assists in a game: 19, July 17 vs. Dallas
Assists in a season: Clark has 337 Alyssa Thomas had 316 and Courtney Vandersloot had 314 in 2023
25-point, 10-assist games: 5; Sabrina Ionsecu also has 5.
Turnovers: 228
WNBA rookie records
Points: Clark has 769; Seimone Augustus scored 744 for Minnesota in 2006 in a 34-game season. Her scoring average was 21.9. Here’s the record breaker.
Assists: 337; Ticha Penicheiro had 225 in 1998
3-pointers: 122; Rhyne Howard had 85 in 2022
Triple-doubles: 2, the only triple-doubles by a rookie in league history
Caitlin Clark Indiana Fever records in 2024
Points: 769; Kelsey Mitchell had 767 points, both surpassing the 728 Mitchell scored in 2023.
Assists: 337; Erica Wheeler had 201 in 2023
3-pointers: 122; Kelsey Mitchell had 102 in 2023
Points by a rookie: 769; Tamika Catchings scored 594 in 2002, playing 32 games
Double-doubles: 14
Minutes played: 1,416; Kelsey Mitchell played 1,349 in 2023
Turnovers: 228
When will the Fever play the Sun in the WNBA playoffs?
Sept. 22, Sunday: at Connecticut, 3 p.m. ET, ABC
Sept. 25, Wednesday: at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
*-Sept. 27, Friday: at Indiana, TBA, ESPN2
*-if necessary
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Caitlin Clark stats, highlights for Fever vs Sun in WNBA playoffs
