Caitlin Clark Dazzles Bought-Out Crowd in Preseason WNBA Opener
Caitlin Clark is already delivering for the WNBA — she placed on a killer efficiency in her first preseason recreation, scoring basket after basket … in entrance of a packed enviornment.
The basketball phenom was the focus Friday night time as she and her Indiana Fever teammates battled the Dallas Wings to a sold-out crowd at Faculty Park Middle in Arlington, Texas.
Clark racked up 16 factors in simply the primary half, topping all the opposite gamers. She cooled off within the 2nd half, ending with 21 factors … however, keep in mind, it was only a preseason recreation, so gamers and coaches aren’t precisely going all out.
CC additionally had 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and a couple of steals as her Fever narrowly misplaced to the Wings in a 79-76 nail-biter. Caitlyn’s chief rival on the Wings, Jaelyn Brown, had an equally spectacular recreation, additionally scoring 21 factors.
However factors aren’t actually what the WNBA wished outta this recreation … it is the actual fact Caitlyn’s presence fueled a sell-out of the 7,000-seat enviornment.
Caitlin Clark is not lettin’ up ‼️
One other DEEP TRIPLE from past the arc
The @IndianaFever take the lead within the 4Q pic.twitter.com/4b451igQHT
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As you most likely know, Caitlyn was a two-time NCAA girls’s basketball participant of the 12 months whereas attending the College of Iowa — and her squad made it to the Nationwide Championship final month earlier than shedding to undefeated South Carolina.
Caitlyn was already launched into superstardom by that time … and, as everybody predicted, was drafted number one by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever.
She’s so common that many followers — sporting her No. 22 College of Iowa jersey — stood in line for greater than 3 hours outdoors the stadium final night time ready to see her play.
All that recognition, all of the followers displaying up and shopping for merch … all of it makes one sound for the WNBA: cha-ching!!!
