Caitlin Clark drops 30 points in 85-83 Indiana Fever win over the Washington Mystics – as she lets her …… full details

Caitlin Clark drops 30 points in 85-83 Indiana Fever win over the Washington Mystics – as she lets her …… full details ⬇️

The No. 1 overall pick from this year’s WNBA draft dropped 30 points in a 85-83 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night in Commissioner’s Cup action.

Clark also had eight rebounds and six assists along with eight costly turnovers – double the next closest player – that kept the game close.

She iced the game late – hitting three out of four free throws in the final eleven seconds to keep the Mystics at bay and capping off a night where she went 8-15 from the field and 7-13 from beyond the arc.

Those seven triples tied a rookie record held concurrently with Crystal Robinson, formerly of the New York Liberty. 

Stefanie Dolson led the way for the Mystics with 19 points and six rebounds as Washington saw five players reach double-digit points. 

Elsewhere for Washington, Ariel Atkins scored 16 points, Karlie Samuelson had 11, Aaliyah Edwards contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds and Myisha Hines-Allen also scored 10 points for Washington.

The Mystics again played without Brittney Sykes (ankle) and Shikira Austin (hip).

The contest was a Commissioner’s Cup affair. Indiana is 2-1 in such games and Washington is 0-3.

Clark was fouled with 11.9 seconds left and hit both free-throw attempts to give the Fever an 84-80 lead. Samuelson answered with a trey to bring Washington within one with 7.5 seconds left.

Clark split two free throws with 5.4 seconds left to boost Indiana’s lead to two. Atkins didn’t get a 3-point shot out of her hands before time expired, and it bounced off the rim anyway.

Indiana shot 45.2 percent from the field, including 16 of 35 makes from 3-point range.

The Mystics connected on 43.1 percent of their attempts and were 13-of-34 shooting from behind the arc.