Just days after she set the WNBA’s all-time single-game assist record with 19, Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark made more history by setting the All-Star Game rookie assist record with 10 in Team WNBA’s upset win over Team USA in the 2024 All-Star Game on Saturday.
Clark, who was named a starter in her All-Star debut by Team WNBA coach Cheryl Miller, didn’t appear overwhelmed by the occasion. She handed out her first assist just two minutes into the game on a feed to Nneka Ogwumike, and never looked back.
At one point, Team USA even trapped Clark in the backcourt to prevent her from getting the ball, which tells you all you need to know about her playmaking ability. Despite facing plenty of defensive pressure, Clark was a constant source of easy buckets for her teammates.
To little surprise, she made a number of highlight-reel plays, including dishes to Jonquel Jones and her Fever teammate, Aliyah Boston.
Early in the third quarter, she wrote her name into the record books by finding Arike Ogunbowale for her ninth assist of the night. That moved Clark past Shoni Schimmel, who had the previous record for assists by a rookie in an All-Star Game with eight.
At that point, it…
