- Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were defeated again on Monday night
- The No. 1 draft pick fell to 0-4 after a narrow 88-84 loss to the Connecticut Sun
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Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were defeated again Monday night as they fell to 0-4 on the season after a narrow 88-84 loss to the Connecticut Sun.
Clark’s frustration clearly got the better of her as well. The camera caught her yelling “it’s a damn foul” at the referee, and she received a technical foul as a result.
“Just the technical foul, I can’t understand it,” Clark told reporters after the game.
‘A little frustration with how the game was refereed. But it is what it is. That’s out of your control.
“I thought our team put itself in position to make some plays to try to win down the stretch and the Sun always came up with big plays.”
Caitlin Clark angrily shouted “it’s a fucking foul” at the referee during the Fever’s latest loss.
Clark and the Indiana Fever were defeated again Monday night as they fell to 0-4.
The Connecticut Sun players were all smiles as they continued their perfect start to the season.
Aliyah Boston had a chance to tie the score for the Fever, but missed with seconds left to play.
Tyasha Harris scored 13 of Connecticut’s final 18 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds left as the Sun maintained its perfect record.
Harris finished with 16 points and three 3-pointers for the Sun’s second win in a week over the Fever and Clark, who returned in the second half after missing the final five and a half minutes of the first half with an apparent left hand. Ankle injury.
She was injured when she collided with a spike and sprained her ankle. After she stopped the game with Clark still down, she grimaced as she jumped and limped towards the tunnel next to the team’s bench.
Clark returned after warming up with her teammates to start the second half and finished with 17 points.
Alyssa Thomas had 24 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, just missing her second triple-double against Indiana this season. DeWanna Bonner added 22 points and DiJonai Carrington had 13.
Clark opened the fourth quarter with three consecutive assists and a 3-pointer from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse logo to give Indiana a 70-68 lead.
It looked like Clark would be forced to leave the game after spraining her ankle in the first half.
He limped off the field and returned to the locker room with his clearly worried teammates.
Kelsey Mitchell also had 17 points and five assists, while Nalyssa Smith scored 13 points and Temi Fagbenle added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Aliyah Boston scored 10 points but missed a layup that would have tied the game with 7.4 seconds left.
Despite another loss, the game represented progress for Indiana. They lost their first three games of the season, all to defending conference champion New York and the Sun, by double digits.
They stayed close on Monday, tying the score at 26 after one, taking their first halftime lead of the season at 44-41 and rallying from a 60-51 deficit in the third quarter to pull within 64-61 later. of three.
They fought hard in a back-and-forth finish 7:15 after Clark’s big three, but Harris’ late scoring spurt gave Connecticut an 82-78 lead with 2:04 left.
Layups by Mitchell and Clark tied the score with 1:04 left, but Bonner broke free for a layup with 41 seconds left.
After Clark found an open Boston for a game-tying mid-range jumper 12 seconds later, the Sun hit four straight free throws to close out the scoring.