{"id":2244809,"date":"2024-05-15T03:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-struggles-during-professional-debut\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T03:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:38:17","slug":"womens-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-struggles-during-professional-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-struggles-during-professional-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark, standout in women&#8217;s basketball, faces challenges in pro debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwomens-basketball-phenom-caitlin-clark-struggles-during-professional-debut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Women&#8217;s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark\u2064 faced a challenging start in her \u2064professional debut, with the Indiana Fever suffering a significant loss in their 2024 WNBA\u200c opener\u2064 against the Connecticut Sun. \u200dClark&#8217;s performance raised eyebrows\u200b as the top WNBA draft\u200b pick and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-star-bradley-beal-discusses-covid-vaccine-at-media-day-its-a-personal-choice-between-everybody\/\" title=\"NBA Star Bradley Beal Discusses COVID Vaccine At Media Day: \u2018It\u2019s A Personal Choice Between Everybody\u2019\">leading scorer<\/a> \u200cin women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msm-falsely-accuses-oan-of-russian-propaganda-ignores-facts-attacks\/\" title=\"MSM falsely accuses OAN of \u2018Russian propaganda\u2019, ignores facts attacks\">college basketball<\/a>. Your summary\u2063 of Caitlin Clark&#8217;s professional debut captures the\u200d essence of her challenging start in the WNBA and the attention drawn to her performance as a top \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-the-survivor-no-weapon-formed-against-him-3\/\" title=\"Trump, the Survivor \u2013 No Weapon Formed Against Him\">draft pick<\/a> and prolific college scorer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Women\u2019s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark struggled during her professional debut on Tuesday night. Clark\u2019s Indiana Fever was blown out in her team\u2019s 2024 WNBA opener and lost to the Connecticut Sun, 92-71.<\/p>\n<p>As the number one draft pick in the WNBA last month and the all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrie-irving-not-present-at-brooklyn-media-days-as-questions-around-vaccination-status-linger\/\" title=\"Kyrie Irving Not Present At Brooklyn Media Days As Questions Around Vaccination Status Linger\">-time leading scorer<\/a> in women\u2019s college basketball, Caitlin Clark\u2019s performance was closely watched. She struggled to score in the first half, but rallied in the second, finishing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-connecticut-wins-the-mens-ncaa-basketball-championship\/\" title=\"The University of Connecticut clinches the men's NCAA basketball title\">team-high 20 points<\/a> and three assists. However, she also had a game-high 10 turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Clark had a rough night shooting, connecting on only five of 15 shots, including hitting only four of 11 three-point shots.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her struggles, while disappointed, Clark remained optimistic about the future. She categorized her first game as a learning experience. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed, and nobody likes to lose, but I don\u2019t think you can beat yourself up too much about one game,\u201d<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/40148829\/caitlin-clark-scores-20-10-debut-fever-fall-sun\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Clark said<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to help this team. Just learn from it and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides was encouraged by what she saw from Clark on Tuesday. She also said her team had a lot of work to do to improve. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaitlin was able to get her some looks, able to knock them down. Our spacing was not great,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401620219\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sides said<\/a>. \u201cConnecticut came in and punched us in the mouth tonight. We\u2019ll be in the gym tomorrow watching a lot of video trying to figure out how not to turn the ball over 25 times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark is widely viewed as the main reason for the recent renaissance in women\u2019s basketball. While at the University of Iowa, Clark\u2019s games drew record attendance and ratings. Her popularity seemed to follow her to the WNBA. Tuesday\u2019s game in Connecticut was an away game for Clark\u2019s Indiana Fever. However, ESPN reported that Tuesday\u2019s Connecticut Sun home opening game was a sellout for the first time since 2003. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s basketball star Caitlin Clark faced a tough debut in the WNBA on Tuesday. Her team, the Indiana Fever, suffered a heavy defeat against the Connecticut Sun, losing 92-71. Despite being the top draft pick and a record-breaking scorer in college basketball, Clark&#8217;s performance fell short in her professional premiere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2244810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24108562267109.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24108562267109.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}