Caitlin Clark Dazzles Sold-Out Crowd in Preseason WNBA Opener

Caitlin Clark is already delivering for the WNBA — she placed on a killer efficiency in her first preseason recreation, scoring basket after basket … in entrance of a packed area.

The basketball phenom was the focus Friday evening as she and her Indiana Fever teammates battled the Dallas Wings to a sold-out crowd at Faculty Park Middle in Arlington, Texas.

Clark racked up 16 factors in simply the primary half, topping all the opposite gamers. She cooled off within the 2nd half, ending with 21 factors … however, keep in mind, it was only a preseason recreation, so gamers and coaches aren’t precisely going all out.

CC additionally had 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and a pair of 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 spectacular recreation, additionally scoring 21 factors.

However factors aren’t actually what the WNBA wished outta this recreation … it is the actual fact Caitlyn’s presence fueled a sell-out of the 7,000-seat area.

As you most likely know, Caitlyn was a two-time NCAA girls’s basketball participant of the 12 months whereas attending the College of Iowa — and her squad made it to the Nationwide Championship final month earlier than dropping to undefeated South Carolina.

Caitlyn was already launched into superstardom by that time … and, as everybody predicted, was drafted number 1 by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever.

She’s so in style that many followers — sporting her No. 22 College of Iowa jersey — stood in line for greater than 3 hours outdoors the stadium final evening ready to see her play.