Just 2 days ahead of her last regular-season home videogame of the year, Iowa superstar and NCAA females’s basketball scoring record-holder Caitlin Clark revealed that she will state for the upcoming WNBA Draft, passingup her last year of eligibility.
An hour after Clark shared the news bymeansof social media, the Indiana Fever were fast to remind individuals who has the No. 1 choice in the upcoming draft:
Although the Indiana Fever completed 10th in the WNBA with a 13-27 record last season, the group, its gamers (both existing and previous) and its fans currently appear enthusiastic of a capacity future with Clark.
Last season, the Fever likewise held the veryfirst general choice and chose to choose three-time AP All-America first-team choice, Aliyah Boston, out of South Carolina.
The last time Boston and Clark shared the court was in March when Iowa upset No. 1-seeded South Carolina in the Final Four of the 2023 NCAA competition. Now the 2 are mostlikely to share the court for the upcoming WNBA season.
Even tennis legend and females’s sports supporter Billie Jean King took to X, previously understood as Twitter, to program her assistance and enjoyment for Clark’s choice to head to the WNBA.
But before she heads to the huge leagues, her time playing in college isn’t over simply .
Clark is anticipated to pass Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division-I all-time prominent scorer on Saturday throughout Senior Night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Clark requires simply 17 points to pass Pistol Pete.
In the regular-season finale, Iowa is set to face No. 2 Ohio State, which simply justrecently won their 2nd successive Big Ten title. It all goes down on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET and can be seen on FOX.
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