The names Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are synonymous with the unprecedented help for ladies’s sports activities within the U.S., and the 2 WNBA rookie phenoms are already balling out with their new groups.
Clark, who was the No. 1 general choose by the Indiana Fever in final month’s draft, logged a career-high 30 factors Tuesday evening, including six assists and 5 rebounds. It was Clark’s most well-rounded efficiency of the season, regardless of her crew dropping 88-82 in a nail-biter in opposition to the Los Angeles Sparks.
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Reese, in the meantime, dropped 11 factors and snagged 12 rebounds for the Chicago Sky Tuesday evening, marking the primary double-double of the younger star’s skilled career. The Sky fell 68-77 of their match in opposition to the Seattle Storm, however Reese — who was drafted seventh general by Chicago — is already averaging 12 factors and almost 9 rebounds per recreation this season.
Clark and Reese should be making an attempt to get into the groove of the fast-paced WNBA, however each younger stars have already proven glimpses of the stardom that made them family names whereas competing in opposition to one another in school. Nonetheless, the hype over girls’s sports activities — and the WNBA specifically — is tangible.
The league introduced it’ll make investments $50 million over the subsequent two years in constitution flights for groups for the primary time throughout the season. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert stated in April the elevated consideration and funding may additionally permit the league to develop by 4 groups earlier than 2028.
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Scripps Sports is, for a second season, broadcasting WNBA video games each Friday evening on ION. Tune on this Friday, May 31, to catch the Washington Mystics vs. New York Liberty at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Phoenix Mercury vs. Minnesota Lynx at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Then on June 7, Caitlin Clark and the Fever will tackle the Washington Mystics at 7:30 p.m. ET earlier than the defending champion Las Vegas Aces go up in opposition to the Seattle Storm at 10 p.m. ET.
ION’s 14-week WNBA schedule is offered to TV and streaming viewers nationwide and consists of 40+ nationwide, regional, or native video games that will probably be broadcast via Sept. 13.
Click right here to view the total upcoming WNBA on ION schedule.
