Caitlin Clark’s brilliant rookie season continued on Wednesday night, when she set the WNBA’s all-time single-game assist record with 19 in the Indiana Fever’s 101-93 loss to the Dallas Wings. She finished with 24 points, six rebounds and 19 assists in defeat, which also gave her the first 20-point, five-rebound, 15-assist game in WNBA history.
Clark’s career-high in assists coming into the game was 13, which she had done four times. Early on, it became clear that she had a chance to put up a big number against a Wings team that struggles on defense and likes to run up and down. That’s precisely what happened, as Clark matched her career-high by the third quarter.
Late in the fourth, she had already bested her own personal mark, and Ticha Penicheiro’s single-game rookie record of 16 was next in her sights, with Courtney Vandersloot’s all-time single-game record of 18 off in the distance. She cruised past both of them in rapid succession. In a two-minute playmaking binge, Clark assisted on four consecutive Fever baskets to get to 19 on the night.
The record-breaker came with two minutes to play when Kelsey Mitchell hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 88-88. There were multiple opportunities for Clark to…
