Clark breaks WNBA rookie three-point record

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark continued her sublime debut WNBA run by breaking different rookie grounds against nan Connecticut Sun connected Wednesday.

The 22-year-old led nan Fever to an 84-80 triumph against Connecticut, scoring 19 points connected nan night.

Clark's haul included her 86th three-pointer of her opening play successful nan WNBA, helping her to break a rookie grounds group by Rhyne Howard astatine nan Atlanta Dream successful 2022.

While Howard achieved her grounds of 85 three-pointers successful a regular 34-game season, Clark deed her 86th successful her 31st game.

It's nan latest successful a increasing number of record-breaking achievements from Clark during her opening run successful nan WNBA.

Clark leads nan WNBA this play successful three-pointers, having extended her full to 88 during nan triumph against Connecticut.

She has already group a single-season rookie grounds (224) for assists and has much assists and much turnovers than immoderate different subordinate successful nan convention this season.

Clark was drafted arsenic first prime by nan Fever successful 2024 aft breaking aggregate records successful her assemblage years astatine nan University of Iowa.

Clark collapsed a 54-year grounds held by Pete Maravich successful 2023 to go nan all-time starring scorer successful men's and women's assemblage hoops pinch 3,951 points.

She averaged 28.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 8.2 assists during her assemblage years and helped boost nan fame of women's basketball.

Almost 19 cardinal group tuned successful to watch nan Iowa Hawkeyes - Clark's assemblage broadside - successful their National Collegiate Athletic Association last successful 2023.