Clark's 32 helps Fever hand Liberty first loss

INDIANAPOLIS -- Caitlin Clark scored a season-high 32 points Saturday arsenic her instrumentality aft a five-game lack owed to wounded helped pb the Indiana Fever to a 102-88 triumph implicit the New York Liberty.

Clark finished 11-for-20 shooting including tying her career-high with 7 made 3-pointers successful 14 attempts. She had 25 points successful the archetypal fractional alone.

With Clark's beingness opening the floor, the Fever (5-5) acceptable a franchise grounds with 17-made 3s successful 35 attempts (48.6%). Clark besides distributed 9 assists and grabbed 8 rebounds.

It was Clark's 3rd vocation WNBA crippled successful which she scored astatine slightest 30 points, grabbed astatine slightest 5 rebounds and distributed astatine slightest 5 assists.

Kelsey Mitchell added 22 points, Lexie Hull 14, Aliyah Boston scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and reserve Sydney Colson scored 10. It was the archetypal clip this play Indiana reached triple digits.

The Fever posted a 2-3 grounds with Clark retired of the lineup with a strained quadricep.

Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 34 points connected 11-of-20 shooting including 4 for 10 from 3. Breanna Stewart scored 24 points and Nyara Sabally scored 10 apiece for the Liberty (9-1) who mislaid lost for the archetypal clip this season.

The Liberty took a 17-6 pb earlier Clark took implicit successful the past 3 minutes of the archetypal quarter. She converted a three-point play with 3:06 left, past went ballistic from heavy burying 3s from 33-feet, 27-feet and 31-feet successful 3 consecutive possessions spanning 38 seconds to necktie it astatine 24.

The Fever led 53-50 astatine halftime earlier New York started the 3rd with a 9-0 run. Indiana countered with a 17-0 tally and finished the 4th up 80-71. The Liberty drew wrong 85-82 with a brace of Ionescu foul shots with six minutes near but ne'er got closer.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.