No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark made more history on Saturday afternoon during the Indiana Fever’s comeback win over the league-leading New York Liberty, 83-78. With her 10th rebound early in the fourth quarter, she became the first rookie to record a triple-double.
Clark finished the day with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists to also become the first player in Fever franchise history to have a triple-double.
“I feel like we’re playing good team basketball,” Clark said during her postgame interview. “My teammates are finishing really well around the rim and I wanna find them. It would have been nice if I could’ve made a couple more 3s, they gave me some good looks. But just happy for our group, a great win, great for our fans, and that’s just fun basketball.”
With Clark leading the way, the Fever were flying up and down the court early in the game, and used their transition attack to build an early double-digit lead. Clark scored the team’s first five points, and either scored or assisted on 12 of their 17 field goals in the…
