Wednesday night was supposed to be a red-letter night in the push for bringing high-level basketball to Baltimore. Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were scheduled to play the first of a two-game series at CFG Arena versus the Washington Mystics in the first two WNBA games played in Baltimore.
The WNBA’s Charm City debut will now go on without its main attraction. Clark, the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year, has a left quad strain and will be out a minimum of two weeks, the Fever announced on Monday.
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Clark had been on a tear to start this season, and Baltimore was expecting a treat. The No. 1 2024 draft pick is averaging 19 points, a league-leading 9.3 assists, 6 rebounds and 1.3 steals over four games. Her 11 3-pointers rank fifth in the WNBA.
Tickets to see Clark at CFG Arena were in high demand, starting at around $60 on StubHub and Ticketmaster.
The two-week injury timeline has Clark back on the court in mid-June. Fortunately for women’s basketball fans in the area, Clark and the Fever will play the Mystics again in Baltimore on Sept. 7.
Clark played in Washington in June as part of a weekend Mystics series that brought her Fever and Baltimore native Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky to the area. That weekend at Capital One Arena was thought to be a “huge moment” and a “big deal for Washington.”
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Wednesday night’s game should still feature promising young players like Washington’s Aaliyah Edwards and Indiana’s Aliyah Boston. These are two middle-of-the-pack Eastern Conference teams still descending on Baltimore for an important night in women’s hoops locally.
It just won’t feature the headlining star.
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