Newest Indiana Fever addition Chloe Bibby 'really excited' for another WNBA shot

USA Today

27-07-2025

As the franchise continues to navigate Caitlin Clark's injury absence, the Indiana Fever brought in a reinforcement.
Indiana signed forward Chloe Bibby to a seven-day contract. Bibby goes from teammates with one Hawkeye to teammates with another Iowa alum.
Bibby played in five games across two stints with the Golden State Valkyries earlier this season where she was teammates with Kate Martin. The 6-foot-2 forward enjoyed her best performance of this 2025 season against the Indiana Fever.
In her five games thus far, Bibby has averaged 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game on 40.7% field goal shooting and 42.1% 3-point shooting.
Ahead of its Sunday date at the Chicago Sky (7-17), the Fever's newest forward shared her appreciation to join Indiana.
"Obviously, I'm really excited. I had some stint there at Golden State and that was a great time. So, yeah, went over, played with Australia, won a gold there and that was great. Just to be back in the W and have another crack is really exciting, really grateful for this opportunity here with the Fever and just excited.
"Everyone's been super great, really helpful. Just kind of taking it all in stride right now, one step at a time, but everyone's been super helpful. It's been a good transition so far," Bibby said.
After being waived by Golden State on June 30, Bibby joined and led her national team, the Australia Opals, to a gold medal in the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia World Cup earlier this month.
Bibby was in China when she got the news that she would be joining the Fever.
"I went from San Francisco to China. I didn't really get to go back to Australia. So, just from China, I was like, well, I already have some stuff packed, so then just come back over here, back to America. So, yeah, it was good. It all happened pretty fast, but, like I said, super grateful for the opportunity," Bibby said.
The Aussie feels her playing style should suit Indiana well.
"Really physical team, tough, fast-paced and I like that fast style, so I think that suits me a lot. Fast-paced, shoot the three ball and I think that's exactly what I do, so hopefully I can find my strides here and get into some rhythm.
"I think just as long as I bring some energy, fast-paced everything and just try to find my shots within the offense. Just getting to know the girls and chemistry and stuff. It takes time. But, to try to build that quickly and everyone's been really good so far," Bibby said.
Though it's not been as a teammate beforehand, the 27-year-old is familiar with the Fever roster.
"I think I've honestly played against everybody. I haven't played with anybody, but I think with college, professional, there's some sort of tie nearly with everybody on the team, so that's good," Bibby said.
Bibby also has extensive overseas experience, including being named the Polish League MVP while with the AZS AJP Gorzow Wielkopolski in the 2023-24 season, and MVP of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto in Spain with the Spar Girona in the 2024-25 season.
During her collegiate career, Bibby spent three seasons at Mississippi State before playing her final two seasons at Maryland where she averaged 13.2 and 11.9 points per game during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, respectively.
Bibby was a second-team All-Big Ten selection at Maryland in 2022 and honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2021.
Indiana (13-12) squares off against the Chicago Sky on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. CT on ABC.
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