WNBA award voters, regardless of who they pick, will be able to say the following when it comes time to choose between Indiana‘s Caitlin Clark and Chicago‘s Angel Reese in this season’s rookie of the year balloting:
“She did things the league has never seen before,” one said.
The latest example of that came Friday night, when Clark and Reese went head-to-head for the fourth and final time in this regular season. The game, and the individual race, were both one-sided: Indiana won 100-81, Clark leading the way with 31.0 points and 12 assists — the first such game in WNBA history.
Clark has said she doesn’t fixate on individual awards, but her game Friday night certainly suggested that she’s the runaway favorite for rookie of the year; BetMGM Sportsbook recently listed her odds of winning the award at -5,000, which means oddsmakers consider her a virtual lock.
Indiana went 3-1 against Chicago this season, with Clark (20.5 points, 10 assists per game) having the stats edge over Reese (13.5 points, 13.3 rebounds per game) in those meetings. And the Fever are now 16-16, while the Sky are 11-20.
A look inside the numbers:
For Clark, a WNBA season like none other
Clark’s averages for the season to this point: 18.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.3 assists per game.
That’s never been done…
