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Caitlin Clark appeared to beryllium backmost connected apical of her crippled aft missing astir of nan 2025 play pinch injuries.
Clark played for Team USA successful nan FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifying tourney this month, and connected Tuesday, she was named nan MVP.
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Caitlin Clark of USA prepares to return a free propulsion during nan Women's World Cup 2026 Qualifier betwixt Puerto Rico and USA astatine nan Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot connected March 12, 2026 successful San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Alexa Alejandro/FIBA via Getty Images)
The Indiana Fever star, who was making her debut pinch nan elder team, averaged 11.6 points and 6.4 assists per crippled arsenic nan Americans went a cleanable 5-0. The squad won games against Senegal, Puerto Rico, Italy, New Zealand and Spain to information retired nan tournament.
It’s nan 2nd MVP grant for Clark connected nan world stage. She received nan grant erstwhile she was a portion of nan FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup successful 2021.
Clark has taken a agelong travel backmost to nan hoops tribunal arsenic she only played successful 13 games for nan Fever during nan 2025 season. She averaged 16.5 points, 8.8 assists and 5 rebounds per game, but an wounded correct earlier nan All-Star break threw her disconnected course.
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Caitlin Clark (17) brings nan shot upcourt during a training campy for nan U.S women's nationalist hoops team, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, successful Durham, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)
The sharpshooting defender suffered a groin strain and past a bony bruise successful her ankle. The Fever intimately monitored her betterment and yet ruled her retired for nan remainder of nan regular season.
"I've ever been a personification that's going to conscionable trust connected my work. I consciousness for illustration it's surely made maine activity harder," nan 2024 WNBA Rookie of nan Year said earlier this month, referencing her wounded setbacks.
"But that's besides astir apt nan portion that benignant of stunk astir it is I felt for illustration I put successful truthful overmuch clip and truthful overmuch power going into past play and then, obviously, only appeared successful astir 13 games."
Despite worries astir being rusty, Clark scored 17 points successful her first crippled against Senegal. She nailed 4 3-pointers and it group nan shape for really nan remainder of nan tourney would go.
Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark (22) gestures to nan crowd during nan first half of a WNBA hoops crippled against nan Connecticut Sun Tuesday, July 15, 2025, successful Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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The FIBA Women’s World Cup will commencement connected Sept. 4 and tally done Sept. 13.
Fox News’ Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
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