Inside the numbers: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and the WNBA rookie of the year race
WNBA award voters, regardless of who they pick, will be able to say the following when it comes time to choose between Indiana’s Caitlin Clark and Chicago’s Angel Reese in this season’s rookie of the year balloting: “She did things the league has never seen before.”
WNBA award voters, regardless of who they pick, will be able to say the following when it comes time to choose between Indiana's Caitlin Clark and Chicago's Angel Reese in this season's rookie of the year balloting:
“She did things the league has never seen before.”
The latest examples of that came Friday night, when Clark and Reese went head to head for the fourth and final time in this regular season. The game, and the individual race, were both one-sided: Indiana won 100-81, Clark leading the way with 31 points and 12 assists — the first such game in WNBA history.
Clark has said she doesn't fixate on individual awards, but her game Friday night certainly suggested that she's the runaway favorite for rookie of the year; BetMGM Sportsbook recently listed her odds of winning the award at minus-5,000, which means oddsmakers consider her a virtual lock.
