With tipoff approaching, the Indiana Fever have officially ruled star point guard Caitlin Clark out of Wednesday night’s game against the New York Liberty from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a right groin injury.
Clark was initially listed as questionable in the Fever’s first injury report update on Wednesday. Including the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship game, Clark is now set to miss her 11th contest this season.
The 6-foot Fever guard missed five games from May 28-June 10 with a left quadriceps injury. Clark missed five more games with a left groin injury from June 26-July 5.
Prior to her absences this season, Clark had played in 185 straight games across her college career at Iowa and the start of her WNBA career with the Fever.
Clark missing Wednesday night’s contest against the Liberty would seemingly put her status for WNBA All-Star Weekend in jeopardy.
Clark is scheduled to take part in the WNBA 3-Point Contest on Friday at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as part of All-Star Weekend. Clark is also one of the team captains for the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. CT on ABC.
Clark finished Tuesday night’s win with 14 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and one steal on a 4-of-14 shooting effort, including 1-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc.
Fever head coach Stephanie White commented on Clark’s right groin injury after Indiana’s 85-77 win over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday evening.
“We just take it one step at a time,” White said. “She’s being evaluated. We’ll see where we are with that. Certainly, we’ll probably have another evaluation and conversation (Wednesday) and see where we are. This group has played without her. We have a tough opponent in New York. We have to get locked in and ready to compete.”
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Reporting by Josh Helmer, Hawkeyes Wire / Hawkeyes Wire
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