Caitlyn Clark had a career high 31 points and 12 assists in her final regular season matchup with fellow rookie sensation Angel ree leading the Indiana Fever to a dominating one z81 win over The Reeling Chicago sky on Friday night Clark shot eight for 14 including five for n from three-point range in her 11th double double she is the only player to ever have three games of at least 25 points and 10 rebounds in a season on the other side Reese had 10 points and 11 rebounds breaking a tie with Tina Charles for rookie double doubles with 23 and passing Sylvia fouls for the Chicago season record Reese got the record with 132 to play long after Clark and the other Indiana starters left the game she also has a rookie record 399 rebounds Clark may have slammed the door on the much hyped Rookie of the Year race as the fever one 616 beat the sky 11 to 20 for the third time in four matchups solidifying their probable playoff birth while Chicago is barely hanging on to the last last spot as the season wins down the the first matchups were decided by a total of 10 points with a pair of onepoint wins for each team while this one became a blowout Indiana had a season high for points in Chicago allowed a season High the game drew a sellout crowd of 9,445 to win trust Arena on Barbie night andad to rees's college nickname at LSU biob Barbie the crowd included NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal as well as Sue bird who had her own Barbie doll back in her Seattle Storm playing days and Soccer Star Megan rapino Kelsey Mitchell added 23 points on nine of 13 shooting her sixth straight game of at least 20 points for the fever who are 5-1 since the Olympic break Nelissa Smith added 14 points and Lexi Hull had 11 I think we just understand each other a lot better Clark said of the current stretch having the chemistry and having the time to play with one another you just build confidence I think you're seeing that I'm proud of this group we've been sharing the ball we're taking good shots and that's helping our transition game and it helps us on defense too the fever were outrebounded 4231 but had 28 points in the paint and shot 48.5% with 26 assists on 32 baskets Michela onen scored 20 points to lead Chicago which is one to five since the Olympic break Lindsay Allen had 19 and Rachel banam 14 the sky were without chennedy Carter 17 .2 points a game who missed her second straight game because of health and safety protocols with Allen scoring scoring eight quick points Chicago scored 11 straight and turned that into a 1 151 run to open a 219 lead but Indiana closed the first quarter on a one 122 run of its own to Trail 2623 the sky had four of their season High 93p pointers in the first quarter minus the first 6 minutes of the game I thought we were really good we played sound defense Clark Mark said I'm just proud of this group I thought we battled and we didn't let it get close at the end and that was kind of the problem last time we were here we let them come back we know they're a really good fourth quarter team but we battled and figured it out Clark then opened the second quarter with a pair of three-pointers to put the fever up ultimately their run was 3412 good for a 10-point lead on Mitchell's three-pointer Chicago clawed back to 4741 at the break pending a re-free throw to open the second half as the result of a technical on Aaliyah Boston upset at a no call as the half ended