Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 35 points with eight assists, Kelsey Mitchell added 30 points and the duo combined to hit 12 of Indiana’s 16 3-pointers to help the Fever beat the Dallas Wings 110-109 on Sunday.

Clark, whose 329 assists are a single-season WNBA record, has a rookie-record 761 points this season, breaking the mark set by Seimone Augustus (744) in 2006.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) shoots over Dallas Wings guard Sevgi Uzun (1) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Indiana (20-19), which was coming off back-to-back losses to the two-time defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, clinched the No. 6 seed in the playoffs, which begin next Sunday. The Fever will play the third-seeded Connecticut Sun, who won three of the four regular-season matchups between the teams, in the first round.

Indiana tied its franchise record for single-game scoring and tied its season high for m ade 3s. The Fever made 38 of 76 from the field, shot 47% from 3-point range and hit 18 of 21 (86%) from the free-throw line.

Clark made a driving layup, stole a pass on the other end and then came off a screen by Temi Fagbenle and made another layup to give the Fever a 90-86 lead with 6:35 to play. Teaira McCowan scored inside to cut the deficit to two, but Clark made back-to-back 3s and, after a transition take foul, hit a free throw to make it 97-88 with four minutes left.
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Arike Ogunbowale made a contested runner in the lane and then a layup to spark an 8-0 spurt that pulled the Wings within a point with 2:27 remaining. Mitchell hit a 3-pointer off an inbounds pass from Clark and, after Satou Sabally scored in the paint, Damiris Dantas hit 3s 25 seconds apart to give Indiana a 106-98 lead with a minute to go.

Ogunbowale fed Natasha Howard for a short pullup jumper, then converted a 3-point play to make it a one-possession game with 41 seconds left. Clark and Aliyah Boston each made 2 of 2 from the free-throw line to hold off the Wings, who got 3-pointers from Ogunbowale and Sabally in the final 2.1 seconds.
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Dallas (9-30) has lost eight games in a row.

Ogunbowale and Sabally scored 27 points apiece for the Wings and Natasha Howard added 26 points and 10 rebounds.

Boston scored 15 points for Indiana.

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