Caitlin Clark becomes fastest player in WNBA history to reach 600 career assists while leading Fever to blowout win vs. Aces

Caitlin Clark made WNBA history on Sunday night while helping the Indiana Fever to a blowout win over the Las Vegas Aces.

Clark recorded her 600th assist in the Fever’s 109-75 win at Michelob Ultra Arena. It only took her 72 games to pull that off, which made her the fastest player in league history to reach that mark.

Clark dropped 12 points with seven rebounds and six assists in the win. She shot 5-of-11 from the field, too. Clark got her historic assist with a dump off to Monique Billings on a screen in the third quarter of the contest. Billings managed to sink the layup and draw a foul on the play.

While it didn’t take her long to get to 600, Clark still has a long way to go to even get into the all-time assist conversation. Hall of Famer Sue Bird is the league’s all-time assist leader with 3,234 assists in her career. She’s the only player to surpass 3,000 assists, too. Chicago Sky star Courtney Vandersloot is second on the list with 2,909 assists.

The Fever jumped out to an 11-point lead at the break on Sunday afternoon, thanks to a huge first half from Kelsey Mitchell. She dropped 20 of her 27 points in the first 20 minutes of the game, and even buried a deep contested 3-pointer right at the buzzer to keep the Fever’s lead at double digits.

They didn’t trail at all in the first half, and held the Aces to just 1-of-7 from deep.

The Aces came out of the locker room hot and looked like they were going to make it a game — they started the third quarter on a quick 7-0 burst — but that was very short-lived. The Fever ended up closing the third period out on a 17-5 tear, which suddenly gave them a 16-point lead. From there, they easily rolled to the blowout win.

A’ja Wilson led the Aces with 20 points and 12 rebounds in the loss, which dropped them to 17-7 on the season. Jackie Young added 15 points, too, though they were the only Aces players to hit double figures.

Aliyah Boston finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds to go with Mitchell’s 27 point night. Sophie Cunningham put up 20 points from the bench, too after draining six 3-pointers.

Clark entered Sunday averaging 20.5 points and a league-high 7.9 assists per game this season. It was only her second game back from a lingering back injury that took her out of a heated contest with the Phoenix Mercury early late last month. Clark had nine points in her return in a loss to the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday.

The Fever have now won five of their last seven games, and sit at 14-9 on the season. That has them in fifth in the league standings. They’ll take on the Golden State Valkyries next on Wednesday.