Indiana Fever Coach Shares Major Concern About Upcoming Game
In a media session on Thursday, Fever head coach Stephanie White offered a candid preview of Caitlin Clark's upcoming return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
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Clark finished her collegiate career at Iowa with 3,951 points, the most in NCAA Division I history for men or women.
White said, "I anticipate it being a little crazy. I think it's gonna be exciting… I didn't know there's no air conditioning. So yeah, we're gonna have to work through that and make sure we stay hydrated. But what an experience for those fans."
At Iowa, Clark shattered single-season and career marks for 3-pointers and assists, earning two National Player of the Year awards and leading the Hawkeyes to back-to-back national championship games in 2023 and 2024.
Selected No. 1 overall by the Fever in 2024, Clark seamlessly transitioned to the pros, averaging 19.2 points and a WNBA-best 8.4 assists per game.
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She also led the league with 122 made 3-pointers and recorded the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history.
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White.© Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Clark was a near-unanimous choice for WNBA Rookie of the Year and was named both Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year and Time's 2024 Athlete of the Year.
She also became the first rookie since Candace Parker in 2008 to make the All-WNBA First Team.
All 15,000 tickets for Clark's homecoming on Sunday sold out in under 45 minutes.
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