Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese make pro debut as WNBA preseason begins
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WNBA fever is in the air, and fans are finally got to see Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese suit up as professionals for the first time Friday night as the brief league preseason begins. Clark and Reese were standouts in college, with the former breaking the NCAA Division I scoring record, and the latter setting another NCAA record en route to a championship in 2023.
Both games tipped off at 8 p.m., streaming for free on the WNBA app with Clark's Indiana Fever taking on the Dallas Wings and Reese's Chicago Sky playing the Minnesota Lynx. The Wings announced on social media last week that tickets to the game in Arlington had sold out. Clark, the first overall pick in this year's WNBA draft, will be coming to town alongside Aaliyah Boston, last year's top draft pick and unanimous rookie of the year.
The Fever have not made the playoffs since 2016, and currently sit in the ninth spot in CBS Sports' power rankings. The Sky, who drafted Reese with the seventh pick, rank dead last out of the 12 WNBA teams. Reese's LSU, the reigning women's basketball champion, was eliminated by Clark in this year's college tournament.
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