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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 14
points, 13 assists and a career-high-tying five steals, Kelsey
Mitchell scored 20 points and the Indiana Fever beat rookie
Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings 102-83 on Sunday in the
first matchup between the past two No. 1 overall picks in the
WNBA draft.
Bueckers made 9 of 15 from the field and finished with 21
points, four rebounds and four assists.
Clark, on a minutes restriction in her third game back from
lower-body injuries, had her second career game with at least 10
points, 10 assists and five steals and became just the fifth
player in WNBA history with multiple such games.
The Fever had a franchise-record-tying 30 assists.
Indiana (11-10) scored 64 first-half points — the most in a half
in the WNBA this season — to take an 18-point lead into
halftime. Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Fever the
lead for good 33 seconds into the second quarter — the first of
their 36 points in the period on 16-of-21 shooting.
Li Yueru scored 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting, JJ Quinerly added
13 and Aziaha James 11 for the Wings (6-16). Arike Ogunbowale
returned from a thumb injury and went 0 for 10 from the field
and finished with two points.
Natasha Howard had 18 points, Aliyah Boston scored 17 and Sophie
Cunningham 13 for Indiana.
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