Caitlin Clark had a career-high 31 points and 12 assists in her final regular-season matchup with fellow rookie sensation Angel Reese, leading the Fever past the Sky on Friday night, 100-81.
Clark shot 8 for 14, including 5 for 9 from 3-point range, in her 11th double-double. She is the only player to ever have three games of at least 25 points and 10 rebounds in a season.for rookie double-doubles with 23 and passing Sylvia Fowles for the Chicago season record. Reese got the record with 1:32 to play, long after Clark and the other Indiana starters left the game. She also has a rookie record 399 rebounds.
The game drew a sellout crowd of 9,445 to Wintrust Arena on Barbie Night -- a nod to Reese's college nickname at LSU, Bayou Barbie. The crowd included Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, as well as Sue Bird -- who had her own Barbie doll back in heradded 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, her sixth straight game of at least 20 points, for the Fever, who are 5-1 since the Olympic break.
The Fever were outrebounded 42-31 but had 28 points in the paint and shot 48.5% with 26 assists on 32 baskets.With Allen scoring scoring eight quick points, Chicago scored 11 straight and turned that into a 15-1 run to open a 21-9 lead. But Indiana closed the first quarter on a 12-2 run of its own to trail 26-23. The Sky had four of their season-high nine 3-pointers in the first quarter
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