16-05-2025
Iowa Sends Message Before Caitlin Clark's Second WNBA Season
The 2025 WNBA season begins this Friday evening, but before that, the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team shared a message about the highly anticipated opening of the pro league's new campaign.
'Let the games begin 😎Happy WNBA Opening Day!!' the Hawkeyes wrote in a post on X, which also featured a graphic showing former Iowa stars who are now in the top women's basketball league in the world, including, of course, Indiana Fever superstar point guard Caitlin Clark.
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Others in the image are guard Kate Martin and center Megan Gustafson of the Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics rookie guard Lucy Olsen.
Clark has the shiniest star of them all following an incredible rookie campaign in the WNBA. In the 2024 WNBA season, Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds while leading the league in 3-pointers and dimes.
The two-time Naismith College Player of the Year added to her ever-growing collection of accolades by winning the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year, as she helped the Fever win 20 games and make the playoffs for just the first time since 2016.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark dribbles against Atlanta Dream guard Te-Hina Zanine-Imagn Images
However, Clark isn't playing this Friday as the Fever will debut on Saturday versus Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana.
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Meanwhile, Martin and the Aces also play their first assignment on Saturday against the New York Liberty. Gustafson is unlikely to see action in that contest, as she is still out with an injury.
As for Olsen, she can make her WNBA debut in the Mystics' Friday game against the Atlanta Dream.
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