Add yet another milestone to Caitlin Clark‘s record-breaking 2024, her latest coming Sunday in the Indiana Fever‘s 92-75 win over the Seattle Storm as she broke the WNBA single-season rookie mark for assists.
Clark, who leads the WNBA in assists at 8.3 per game, had 9 Sunday to reach 232, passing Ticha Penicheiro’s previous rookie record of 224 set in 1998.
Penicheiro was the No. 2 pick that year for the Sacramento Monarchs, who are no longer in the WNBA. She helped lead the Monarchs to the 2005 league championship and finished her career with 2,600 assists, third most in WNBA history.
Clark was four years from being born when Penicheiro came into the WNBA, and was 10 years old when Penicheiro retired. But Clark said the two connected during her college career at Iowa. And she knows enough to accurately describe Penicheiro, who is regarded as one of the most creative and exciting passers in women’s basketball history.
“If you watch her highlights, she was definitely a better passer than me,” Clark said….
