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Caitlin Clark scores career-high 35, Kelsey Mitchell adds 30 as

Fever beat Wings 110-109

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — end and then came off a Howard for a short pullup
Caitlin Clark scored a screen by Temi Fagbenle jumper, then converted a
career-high 35 points with and made another layup 3-point play to make it a
eight assists, Kelsey Mitchell to give the Fever a 90- one-possession game with
added 30 points and the 86 lead with 6:35 to play. 41 seconds left. Clark and
duo combined to hit 12 of Teaira McCowan scored Aliyah Boston each made
Indiana’s 16 3-pointers to inside to cut the deficit 2 of 2 from the free-throw
help the Fever beat the to two, but Clark made line to hold off the Wings,
Dallas Wings 110-109 on back-to-back 3s and, after who got 3-pointers from
Sunday. a transition take foul, hit a Ogunbowale and Sabally
Clark, whose 329 assists free throw to make it 97-88 in the final 2.1 seconds.
are a single-season WNBA with four minutes left. Dallas (9-30) has lost eight
record, has a rookie-record Arike Ogunbowale made a games in a row.
761 points this season, contested runner in the lane Ogunbowale and Sabally
breaking the mark set by and then a layup to spark scored 27 points apiece
Seimone Augustus (744) in Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) shoots over Dallas Wings an 8-0 spurt that pulled the for the Wings and Natasha
2006. guard Sevgi Uzun (1) in the second half of a WNBA basketball Wings within a point with Howard added 26 points
Indiana (20-19), which game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. 2:27 remaining. Mitchell hit and 10 rebounds.
was coming off back-to- Associated Press a 3-pointer off an inbounds Boston scored 15 points for
back losses to the two- Connecticut Sun, who won high for made 3s. The Fever pass from Clark and, after Indiana.
time defending WNBA three of the four regular- made 38 of 76 from the Satou Sabally scored in the The Fever have split their
champion Las Vegas Aces, season matchups between field, shot 47% from 3-point paint, Damiris Dantas hit 3s previous two meetings this
clinched the No. 6 seed in the teams, in the first round. range and hit 18 of 21 (86%) 25 seconds apart to give season with Dallas. Each
the playoffs, which begin Indiana tied its franchise from the free-throw line. Indiana a 106-98 lead with team scored at least 100
next Sunday. The Fever record for single-game Clark made a driving layup, a minute to go. points to win on its home
will play the third-seeded scoring and tied its season stole a pass on the other Ogunbowale fed Natasha court.q

Gardner Minshew rallies Raiders past Ravens 26-23 with 3 fourth-

quarter scoring drives

By DAVID GINSBURG Harbaugh said. “It could
Associated Press have gone our way, but
BALTIMORE (AP) — Gardner we didn’t get the job done.
Minshew and the Raiders (We’re) 0-2, but it’s a 17-
brushed aside years of frus- game season, and we will
tration and criticism with a be defined by the next 15
memorable performance games.”
on a splendid afternoon for Minshew went 30 for 38 for
underdogs. 276 yards. He was sacked
Minshew led three scoring five times and intercepted
drives in the fourth quarter, once, but none of that mat-
Daniel Carlson kicked a go- tered as he led the Raiders
ahead 38-yard field goal to a stunning comeback
with 27 seconds left and on the road.
Las Vegas rallied to beat Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson
the Baltimore Ravens 26-23 completed 21 of 34 pass-
on Sunday. es for 247 yards. He was
Baltimore appeared head- limited to 20 yards rushing
ed toward its first win of the after amassing 122 on the
season after Derrick Henry ground against the Chiefs.
plowed into the end zone “I told these guys last night
for a 23-13 lead with 12 and throughout the week
minutes left. But the Raiders to beat one of the best
(1-1) stormed back behind Las Vegas Raiders place kicker Daniel Carlson (2) kicks a field goal against the Baltimore Ravens teams in football last year
Minshew. during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Baltimore. and to beat one of the
After Carlson kicked a Associated Press best players in the game,
25-yarder to cut Las Vegas’ The comeback defied logic team that forged the best lieves what we can be as Lamar, we need all the
deficit, Minshew connect- given that Minshew came record in the NFL just one an offense.” units to play at their best,”
ed with Davante Adams in with a 15-23 career re- year ago. Seeking to bounce back coach Antonio Pierce said.
on a 1-yard TD pass to tie it cord as a starter. Not only “I look forward to continue from a harrowing 27-20 loss “It all came down together
with 3:54 to go. that, but Las Vegas scored to build on that momen- to the two-time defend- in the fourth quarter.”
The Raiders quickly got the only 10 points last week in a tum,” Minshew said. “Ev- ing champion Kansas City Especially the final 12 min-
ball back and Minshew loss to the Chargers. erybody feels pretty great Chiefs, the Ravens instead utes.
moved Las Vegas down- Not to mention, the Raid- about it. There’s a ton of dropped to 0-2 for the first Henry rushed for 84 yards
field before Carlson kicked ers haven’t had a winning tape to clean up. We’re time since 2015. and a score.q
his fourth field goal of the season since 2021 and going to do that, but I think “Disappointing loss, tough
game.
were on the road against a everyone feels and be- loss,” Baltimore coach John