Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese shine for WNBA All-Stars. Someday quickly, it may be for Team USA

Caitlin Clark provided the identify passes. Angel Reese provided the hustle and rebounding.

The 2 WNBA novices made life challenging for the U.S. Olympic group on Saturday night. Someday quickly, the duo may be the ones supplying the highlights for the red, white and blue.

Clark completed with a team-high 10 helps while Reese included 12 points and 11 rebounds in the WNBA All-Stars’ 117-109 success over the Americans throughout All-Star weekend. The U.S. utilized the videogame as a tune-up for the Paris Olympics, which start next week.

The Clark-Reese competition is perhaps the greatest story in ladies’s basketball over the past 3 years, enhancing the sport’s appeal as the 2 stars moved from college to the expert ranks. On the verysame group for the veryfirst time, they showed the might share the ball: Clark’s 10th help of the night came on a awesome bounce back to Reese in the 4th quarter.

Clark and Reese — both simply 22 years old — continuously played at a breakneck rate on offense, capturing the U.S. a action sluggish several times. Clark pressed the ball up the court on almost every belongings while Reese’s muscle and athleticism produced a force that the nationwide group couldn’t constantly dealwith.

Clark’s outstanding death balancedout a hard shooting night. She endedup 2 of 9 from the field, consistingof 0 of 7 on 3-guidelines, to surface with 4 points.

The 6-foot-3 Reese made her existence felt late in the veryfirst quarter, crashing tough for an offensive rebound and a putback that provided the WNBA All-Stars a 24-23 lead at the end of the veryfirst quarter.

Less than a minute into the 2nd, it was Clark with 2 huge minutes in a row, whipping the press on the quick break before finding Aliyah Boston for a container. Clark was back at it on the next belongings, shooting up the court to Jonquel Jones for another close-range basket.

Clark broke the WNBA record with 19 helps in a videogame earlier in the week.

Women’s hoops legend Cheryl Miller coached the WNBA All-Stars. She began Clark while Reese came off the bench, however both gamers closed the videogame after their efficiency on the court

This year’s All-Star Game was in a comparable format to 3 years ago, when Arike Ogunbowale scored 26 points to make MVP honors and lead the WNBA All-Stars over the U.S. 93-85. Ogunbowale was the star onceagain on Saturday, scoring 34 to make MVP honors when onceagain.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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