WNBA guard Caitlin Clark had to be helped off the floor in the first half of the Indiana Fever’s game on Monday against the Connecticut Sun with an apparent ankle injury after feeling tightness before the contest
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark injured her left ankle and required help leaving the floor in Monday’s game against the Connecticut Sun. She seemed to take a wrong step and twisted her ankle in a non-contact situation, however she managed to return to the court after missing most of the second quarter.
According to ESPN, Clark’s ankle was “tight” before the contest and needed to be taped, but she suited up anyway. After about five minutes in the Fever locker room, Clark returned to the bench, officially listed as questionable to return.
The first-year guard was seen on the sideline trying to stretch out her left foot and ankle area as Indiana determined her status. She’d scored eight points on 2-of-6 shooting (2-of-5 from 3-point range) before her injury.
Despite her return to the bench in the second quarter, Clark did not see the floor again before halftime. The Fever led 44-41 at the break. She then started the second half, with the team going on to lose 88-84.
Indiana is still searching for its first win of the WNBA season, having been dealt a challenging early schedule. Despite being a new entrant to the league, opponents have keyed in on Clark, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 draft.
As a result, Clark has sometimes made erratic playmaking decisions, sped up by a level of defensive pressure she hadn’t faced in the NCAA at Iowa. Still, she’s enjoyed bright moments and remains confident she can put together a strong rookie season.
“The biggest challenge for myself coming from college to the professional level is, you know, obviously first of all, the physicality, but second of all, being competitive, but also understanding this is a young group, this is a young team, I’m young,” Clark told reporters recently. “It’s going to be a learning process, not everything’s going to be perfect.
“I was talking to my dad on the phone and he just said, ‘Go out there, have fun, compete, play hard, and every day you’re going to learn something new. And just take that and continue to build on it and things will really start clicking when they should.’”
Clark and the rest of the WNBA rookie class must deal with a quick turnaround from the NCAA Tournament, with virtually no rest between the college and professional seasons.
The lack of a layoff was perhaps one of the reasons that UConn star Paige Bueckers elected to stay in school an extra year after recovering from a torn ACL in 2023.
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