The Indiana Fever have yet to clear star guard Caitlin Clark to return to practice as she continues her recovery from a right groin injury.
Clark will miss her 11th straight game when she sits out Tuesday against Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings, and it¡¯s likely that she will be sidelined even longer, according to coach Stephanie White¡¯s remarks to reporters Monday.
Clark only began running full-court last week and has not yet added more to her workload.
¡°No return to practice, she¡¯s been able to get a little bit more of her full-court running with all of her body weight,¡± White said following practice. ¡°It¡¯s really building up from doing minimal to then building some endurance to do longer periods of time. She¡¯s been able to do a little more on the court in terms of how she moves, but not into practice yet.¡±
The former Iowa superstar and No. 1 overall draft pick of 2024 was hurt late in the Fever¡¯s game at the Connecticut Sun on July 15.
She has only played 13 of Indiana¡¯s 32 regular-season games due to multiple quad and groin injuries. Her injury-plagued season has also seen her sidelined for the WNBA Commissioner¡¯s Cup final and the All-Star Game, the latter held in Indianapolis.
Prior to her run of tough injury luck, she did not miss a game due to injury throughout her college career or in her rookie WNBA season.
The two-time All-Star was averaging 16.5 points, 8.8 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game this season.
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