Caitlin Clark breaks YET ANOTHER record as Indiana Fever superstar boosts WNBA Rookie of the Year bid vs Dallas Wings.
Caitlin Clark continues to break new ground just a few months into her rookie season with the Indiana Fever.
In their game against the Dallas Wings on Wednesday night, Clark smashed an Indiana franchise record for the most assists in a single season after a mere 26 games.
The WNBA’s No 1 draft pick set a new leading total by laying on her 202nd assist of the campaign against Dallas, before going on to add another five before the end of the third quarter.
It has been a sensational debut WNBA season so far for Clark, who has broken a host of records in the big leagues already following her iconic college career with Iowa.
Earlier this month she became the first rookie ever to put up 400 points, 150 assists and 100 rebounds, while also becoming the first to record a triple-double.
Clark is currently battling it out with arch-rival Angel Reese for this season’s WNBA Rookie of the Year award, with opinion divided on who should prevail.
Like her fellow rookie, Reese is enjoying a breathtaking campaign with the Chicago Sky and currently ranks second in the league for rebounds with 11.9 per game.
Clark, meanwhile, is the highest-scoring rookie in the league with an average of 16.8 points per game, while she is also out in front altogether in the assist charts with 7.8 per game.
As the debate rages on as to who will be crowned winner, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal picked Reese as his ‘definite’ frontrunner this week.
‘I’m not just saying this because she went to LSU,’ O’Neal, who attended the same college as Reese, said on ESPN’s Sports Center.
‘[But] I think she’s definitely leading in the Rookie of the Year race.
‘I give the vote to Angel.’
Despite picking Reese as his Rookie of the Year, Shaq still heaped praise on Clark amid her record-breaking season so far in Indiana.
