On Thursday night, Caitlin Clark played the first home game of her WNBA career as her Indiana Fever in front of a packed crowd of more than 17,000 people as her team took on the New York Liberty. But it’s safe to say that the home debut did not go according to plan.
Caitlin Clark the Fever lost in an absolute blowout on Thursday night, falling by a final score of 102-66 as Clark was held to under 10 points scoring for the first time since early in her college career.
Clark finished the game with just nine points, seven rebounds, and six assists on a 2-of-8 shooting performance from the field. This marked the first time since January of 2021 – her freshman season at Iowa – that Clark was held to single digits.
Obviously, it’s pretty terrible news for Clark that she had such a brutal offensive showing in her regular season home debut for the Indiana Fever, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media as a result.
Caitlin Clark : 9 points on 2-8 shooting, 1-7 from 3, 4-4 from the FT line, 7 rebounds, 6 assists & 5 fouls in 30 minutes (1st time she scored less than 10 points in a game since her Freshman year at Iowa. January 9th, 2021 in a 77-67 loss at #22 Northwestern) pic.twitter.com/RgY4ZSsT4Y
— Lee Harvey (@MusikFan4Life) May 17, 2024
Caitlin Clark finished with 9 points tonight as the Fever lost to the Liberty.
It was her lowest-scoring game since she scored 8 in Iowa’s loss to Northwestern Jan. 9, 2021, her freshman year. https://t.co/fLZkG3PvD6
— Rachel Bachman (@Bachscore) May 17, 2024
Mood after dropping 9 points 💥
Fighting with the refs 😳
Knowing people are thinking your a bust😵💫Caitlin Clark after tonight’s performance 🎭
— TrendingSportsPodcast (@TrendingSportsP) May 17, 2024
9 points! Probably hadn’t scored that since second grade
— CASS (@TRL_STL) May 17, 2024
Caitlin Clark 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists
The good ol triple single lol, on 25% shooting, with 3 turnovers
13 turnovers in 2 games
— Mike (@NinerTribe004) May 17, 2024
31/10/4 (+26) tonight for Stewie, the real college basketball 🐐 .
9/7/6 (-24) for Caitlin Clark in a beat down. #DTwasRight https://t.co/IqgojXOwiw
— Espo (@espo_2430) May 17, 2024
We’ll have to see if Clark can bounce back from this brutal performance this weekend as the Fever are set for a rematch with the New York Liberty on Saturday night.
[ESPN]
