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Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has been ruled out of Thursday night’s home game against the Los Angeles Spark with a left groin injury, the team announced Thursday morning.
The contest at Gainbridge Fieldhouse is a near-sellout.
Clark, last year’s WNBA Rookie of the Year, has already missed five of the team’s 14 games this season with a left quadriceps strain. She is coming off a season-low scoring night of 6 points during the Fever’s road victory against the Seattle Storm on Tuesday in which she missed all six of her 3-point attempts and was 3-of-13 shooting overall.
Clark is averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5 rebounds per game this season. She has struggled as of late with her 3-point shooting, going 1-for-23 in her last three games. As of June 20, Clark was the top vote getter in fan voting for the WNBA All-Star Game, which will be played in Indianapolis on July 19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
She was not on the initial injury list announced by the team Thursday morning but was added later in a separate announcement.
Fever Coach Stephanie White said Thursday that Clark got an MRI on Wednesday after reporting pain to the training staff and is “day-to-day” depending on how she responds to treatment.
The Fever on Wednesday signed guard Aari McDonald after waiving veteran forward DeWanna Bonner. McDonald previously played in three games with the Fever via the WBNA’s emergency hardship exception and averaged 11 points, 3 assists and 2 steals per game in those three games.
This story will be updated.
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