Fever's Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA's single-season assists mark - ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS — Rookie star Caitlin Clark broke the WNBA single-season assist record Friday night in the Indiana Fever's 78-74 loss to the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces.

Clark recorded her 317th assist of the season at the 4:55 mark of the second quarter when Kelsey Mitchell took her pass and scored on a drive. The rookie passed Alyssa Thomas' 316 dimes from last season. She finished the game with nine assists, giving her 321 assists.

Clark's feat came two days after MVP front-runner A'ja Wilson set a record for points scored in a season. Wilson, who scored 15 points Friday night, now has 971, putting her 29 from becoming the first player to reach 1,000 points in a season.

Earlier this summer, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese set a WNBA single-season record for rebounds (446). Reese's rebounding (13.1) and Wilson's scoring (27.0) averages are both on pace to set league records, and while Clark leads the league with 8.4 assists per game, Courtney Vandersloot's 2020 average of 10.0 assists appears safe to remain the league's single-season record.

«I think it definitely speaks to the whole entire year and how historic it has been for this league and how great the basketball has been for the league and we're not even into the playoffs yet,» Clark said. «I think that's what's so fun about it, is you're just going to continue to see records be taken down, but also I think really good basketball, and that's why it's been so fun to watch.

»That's why the fans have been showing up. The viewership has been absolutely crushed this year. So I think everybody's just kind of raising their game. The competition's just getting better and better, and it's fun as a competitor to show up in this league every night and know you