Indiana Fever overcame a slow start to hand New York Liberty a first loss in the WNBA season, with Caitlin Clark marking her return from injury with a starring display in the 102-88 victory at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sunday.
New York jumped out to an early lead, but a rally from the Fever, including three consecutive three-pointers from Caitlin Clark in a 33-second span, put Indiana within two to end the first quarter.
Indiana continued to make it rain three-pointers with five in the second quarter, including an additional three from Clark, bringing her first half total to 25 points.
The total was the third most in a single half in Fever history, giving her team a 53-50 lead at the halftime break, with the Fever going on a 25-3 run from 7:01 to 2:01 in the third quarter to create a sizeable lead.
Three-pointers from Clark, Sydney Colson in her 250th WNBA game, Damiris Dantas, Lexie Hull and Kelsey Mitchell helped open that lead, before Fever saw off the game in the fourth quarter thanks largely to Mitchell who scored 10 points in the quarter.