Caitlin Clark breaks rookie 3-point record vs. Sun as WNBA fans celebrate Fever star | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats & Rumors
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark set a WNBA single-season rookie record Wednesday night by making her 86th three-pointer in a win over the Connecticut Sun.
Clark made the game-high shot in the first quarter of the Fever’s 84-80 victory.
Bleacher Report @Bleacher Report
CAITLIN CLARK IS NOW THE HIGHEST-RANKED ROOKIE AT 3 PM IN WNBA HISTORY 🎯🔥
Clark has 86 3PM this season, surpassing Rhyne Howard’s record of 85 3PM in 2022 pic.twitter.com/cMfBQeHvY1
The previous standard of 85 three-pointers for a rookie was set by fellow No. 1 pick and Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard in 2022.
Clark finished the win with 19 points on 7-of-17 shooting. She made 3-of-12 from behind the arc and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
She also contributed five rebounds, five assists, a steal and a block while committing seven turnovers in the win.
His record-breaking night was enough to impress fans watching the Fever’s home game.
Raquel 🫶🏾 @SOULbeautifulme
Another match for Caitlin Clark and another RECORD BROKEN!!!
IT’S THE KING 😮💨😮💨😮💨 https://t.co/NwqU6mtjhs
Clark has already set several other records this season, including the WNBA standard for assists in a single game with 19.
She has broken the record for assists by a rookie, the record for assists by a rookie in an All-Star Game and the record for three-pointers made in a single game by a rookie.
Clark is also the first rookie in WNBA history to record a triple-double and accumulate career totals of 400 points, 100 rebounds and 150 assists.
The Athletic @The Athletic
Stop if you haven’t heard yet, but Caitlin Clark is making WNBA history.
She just added the WNBA rookie record for three baskets in a season to her resume.
Here are the next records she could break ⤵️https://t.co/f4YQIcSU7O pic.twitter.com/8XQBN1Ug6c
On Wednesday, she made league history again by becoming the fastest player to reach 500 points and 250 assists in her career.
With nine games remaining in the season, Clark is still in sight of several other rookie records (h/t The Athletic’s Ben Pickman.) These include total points (744, set by Seimone Augustus in 2006) and point-assist double-doubles (11, set by Courtney Vandersloot in 2017.)
Clark’s scoring Wednesday wasn’t the only part of his game that impressed fans, as the rookie helped distribute the ball for the Fever.
Fans especially enjoyed seeing Clark play with fellow All-Stars Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston.
Clark’s play and shooting have led some fans to predict that the Fever, who last qualified for the playoffs in 2016, could make a long run behind their star rookie.
Ethan King @thank you9
We can talk about how ROTY Caitlin Clark is and how good she is and I agree with that, but this TEAM is starting to come together! They still have to prove they can hold a lead, and when that happens, they are a very scary team! #Rising fever #WNBA
With the win, the Fever improve their record to 15-16, which puts them in seventh place in the WNBA.
If the team finishes the season among the league’s top eight teams, Clark will have the opportunity to continue setting WNBA rookie records in her playoff debut.
