The sports world held its collective breath on Monday as Fever star Caitlin Clark left the game against the Sun with an ankle injury.
Clark, the first overall pick out of Iowa, appeared to step awkwardly on her ankle midway through the second quarter of the Fever game against the Sun and walked off the floor in considerable pain. She had eight points at the time of her injury.
The two-time NCAA Division I consensus player of the year has averaged 17 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists through her first three games in the WNBA.
Here's the latest on her injury.
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Caitlin Clark injury update
Clark appeared to tweak her left ankle in the second quarter of Monday's game against the Sun. She was helped up by former players and though she walked off on her own power, she appeared to be significantly favoring her ankle.
Caitlin Clark went to the locker room after suffering an apparent injury on this play.
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She has since returned to the bench. pic.twitter.com/B00c5sd4YE
According to ESPN's Holly Rowe on the broadcast, Clark had been dealing with tightness in her ankle during pre-game shootarounds and had the ankle taped.
"I turned it pretty good," Clark said, per IndyStar. "I think it just got caught. I don't think I stepped on anybody… I don't have the best ankles in the world, it was a little tight this morning, but nothing really out of the ordinary. I felt good, I just wanted to get a lot more tape on it as fast as I could."
Following the injury on the floor, she went back to the locker room.
Indiana's trainer reportedly followed Clark with all the team's rolls of tape and re-taped her ankle. Clark returned to the bench during the second quarter and jumped up after an and-1 from teammate Kelsey Mitchell, but she did not re-enter the game in the first half.
Clark ultimately returned to the court in the third quarter, finishing with 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting (3-of-7 from 3) in Indiana's 88-84 loss to Connecticut.
"Every basketball player has an ankle injury," Clark said, per IndyStar. "If you don’t, you’re not a true baller. It’ll be stiff, but I’ll be good."
