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Clark finished with 23 points, and her nine
assists gave her 231 for the season, the most by a rookie since
Ticha Penicheiro racked up 225 for the Sacramento Monarchs, one
of the league's original eight franchises.
Clark set the record early in the third quarter when she made a
long pass up the floor to Mitchell for a layup and a 40-34 lead.
Lexie Hull was on fire from long range, making six 3-pointers
and scoring 22 points, both career highs, as Indiana (13-15)
salvaged its final game against Seattle after three losses this
season. The Fever also matched their win total from a year ago.
Hull was 6 of 7 from long range.
Seattle (17-10) got 26 points from Jewell Loyd and 15 from
Skylar Diggins-Smith. Nneka Ogwumike finished with 14 points on
5 of 15 shooting and contributed nine rebounds. The Storm have
lost two straight.
Seattle trailed 35-34 at the half and 59-58 at the end of three
after a 3-point attempt by Sami Whitcomb bounced off the rim as
time expired.
Aliyah Boston's jumper with 5:51 to go in the game gave the
Fever their largest lead up to that point at 75-65, and Indiana
created even more separation when Hull hit her final 3-pointer
with 4:09 to go, stretching the lead to 81-69.
Indiana missed its first six 3-pointers of the day but finished
15 of 25 the rest of the way.
Seattle made five 3-pointers in the first half and shot just
7-of-21 overall from long range.
The Fever took command of the game in the fourth, outscoring the
Storm 33-17. They led by as many as 19.
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