Caitlin Clark scores 32 in OT loss

Caitlin Clark gave Indiana a shot to escape, then Washington finished the game in overtime. The Fever guard scored 32 points on May 15 and hit a tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation, but the Mystics beat Indiana 104-102 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Sonia Citron scored 30 points, Kiki Iriafen had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Washington moved to 2-1. Indiana fell to 1-2 despite making 17 3-pointers and getting 24 points from Kelsey Mitchell. ### How did Clark push the game into overtime? Clark scored 17 points in the fourth quarter alone and finished with seven made 3-pointers, according to WNBA and Fever game recaps. Indiana opened the final period with a 12-2 run, trimming a Washington lead that had reached 14 points in the second half. The WNBA game summary said Clark tied the score at 89-89 with a 3-pointer from the left wing with 1.7 seconds left in regulation. (wnba.com) The Fever’s own recap listed the tying shot at 2.3 seconds, a discrepancy between the two official team and league accounts, but both recaps agree the basket forced overtime. ### Why did Washington still come away with the win? (wnba.com) Washington shot 56% from the field and outscored Indiana 48-28 in the paint, according to the WNBA game summary. Citron and Iriafen combined to go 21-for-31 from the field and scored 44 points after halftime. Overtime turned on a few late possessions. Citron had five points and two assists in the extra period, while Mitchell missed two free throws in the final minute and then missed a contested 2-pointer from the left corner at the buzzer, the WNBA summary said. (wnba.com) Lexie Hull cut the margin to one with 5.3 seconds left in overtime in the Fever recap, but Washington closed it out at the line. ### What made Clark’s scoring night notable beyond the total? Clark’s 32 points marked her sixth career 30-point game, the Fever said in postgame notes. The team also said she set a franchise record with five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and that her 17 points in the period tied for the second-most by a Fever player in a single quarter. (wnba.com) Indiana’s recap also said Clark passed Katie Douglas for fifth on the franchise assists list during the first quarter. Clark finished with eight assists, giving her 476 for her career, according to the team. ### What else changed the game for Indiana? Aliyah Boston left with a lower leg injury with two minutes remaining in the third quarter and did not return, according to the WNBA game summary. (fever.wnba.com) Boston finished with nine points. Cotie McMahon, the No. 11 pick in the 2026 WNBA draft, made her debut for Washington after earlier injury concerns. (fever.wnba.com) The WNBA summary said the rookie scored 13 points, including five in overtime. A May 10 Mystics game-notes document had listed McMahon as out with a left elbow sprain, and reports before Friday’s game said she was no longer on the injury report. (wnba.com) ### When do the teams play next? Indiana’s team schedule lists Seattle at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 17 as the next game in the Fever’s stretch of four straight home contests. Washington’s game summary says the Mystics continue their four-game road trip at Dallas on May 18. (fever.wnba.com) (wnba.com)