Caitlin Clark Dazzles Sold-Out Crowd in Preseason WNBA Opener

Caitlin Clark is currently giving for the WNBA — she spot on a killer common efficiency in her initially preseason activity, scoring basket quickly following basket … in front of a packed arena.

The basketball phenom was the centre of consideration Friday evening as she and her Indiana Fever teammates battled the Dallas Wings to a sold-out group at University Park Centre in Arlington, Texas.

Clark racked up 16 elements in just the very first fifty %, topping all the other players. She cooled off in the 2nd fifty %, ending with 21 points … but, maintain in thoughts, it was just a preseason game, so gamers and coaches normally are not precisely heading all out.

CC also skilled three rebounds, two assists, and two steals as her Fever narrowly misplaced to the Wings in a 79-76 nail-biter. Caitlyn’s chief rival on the Wings, Jaelyn Brown, had an equally wonderful sport, also scoring 21 elements.

But elements normally are not genuinely what the WNBA preferred outta this game … it can be the reality Caitlyn’s presence fueled a supply-out of the 7,000-seat arena.

As you virtually definitely know, Caitlyn was a two-time NCAA women’s basketball participant of the 12 months although attending the College of Iowa — and her squad developed it to the Countrywide Championship final thirty day period in advance of losing to undefeated South Carolina.

Caitlyn was presently released into superstardom by that problem … and, as everyone predicted, was drafted assortment 1 by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever.

She’s so well-liked that lots of followers — carrying her No. 22 College of Iowa jersey — stood in line for more than three hrs outdoors the home the stadium prior evening time waiting to see her execute.