Indiana Fever Edge Seattle Storm 110-107 Behind Clark’s 45 Points

Caitlin Clark scored 45 points and recorded 10 assists to lead the Indiana Fever to a 110-107 victory over the Seattle Storm on Friday. The performance marked the first 40-point and 10-assist game in WNBA history. Clark made 11 of 18 field goals, including 6 of 10 three-pointers, and 17 of 19 free throws.

She also had four steals and two blocks while playing fewer than 30 minutes. The 45 points set a new Indiana Fever franchise record and made Clark the first player in league history to reach that total in under 30 minutes. She scored 16 points in the fourth quarter after the Storm led 88-82 entering the period.

Clark hit a go-ahead three-pointer from 26 feet with 39.1 seconds remaining to give the Fever the lead for good. She had earlier set a career high of 38 points before the decisive shot. Clark became the fastest player to reach 200 three-point field goals, doing so in 74 games.

It was her fourth game with at least 30 points and 10 assists. She told coach Stephanie White at halftime that she felt good and refused to leave the game in the fourth quarter despite a minutes restriction from a back injury. "I told Steph at halftime, like, I felt really good and I didn’t want to lose this game," Clark said.

"There’s no way I was ever coming out of the game in the fourth quarter. It didn’t matter. " Kelsey Mitchell scored 30 points for the Fever, including 17 in the first quarter. It was her ninth consecutive game with at least 20 points, a franchise record.

Clark and Mitchell became the first teammates in WNBA history to score 40 and 30 points in the same game. Makayla Timpson started in place of Aliyah Boston, who was sidelined by a right lower leg injury. Clark said after the game that she did not care about the history she made and that the team's defense was embarrassing.

The Fever improved to 15-10 and moved into a tie with the Atlanta Dream for first place in the Eastern Conference.