{"id":518328,"date":"2026-03-12T03:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/518328\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T03:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:37:08","slug":"caitlin-clark-scores-17-in-return-from-injury-us-routs-senegal-in-world-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/518328\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark scores 17 in return from injury, US routs Senegal in World Cup qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Fever star made 4-of-5 three-pointers and all five of her free throws in the 110-46 win Wednesday.<\/p>\n

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico \u2014 Caitlin Clark scored 17 points in her return to action Wednesday as the United States routed Senegal in a qualifier for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.<\/p>\n

Clark only took five shots from the field \u2014 all 3-pointers \u2014 in a little more than 19 minutes of action in her debut on the senior national team. She made four of the five shots and added a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line, while dishing 12 assists in the 110-46 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Indiana Fever<\/a> star hadn’t played in a game since she injured her right groin in a July 15, 2025 game against the Connecticut Sun. Injuries forced her out of all but 13 games in her second WNBA season. She announced Sept. 4 that she would miss the final three games of the Fever’s regular season and the playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhyne Howard scored 21 points to lead the Americans, who led nearly the whole game after Senegal took a 1-0 lead. The U.S. responded with a 15-0 run and the rout was on.<\/p>\n

Princeton, Indiana native Jackie Young scored eight points to go with five rebounds for Team USA.<\/p>\n

Nene Ndiaye, who plays collegiately for Rutgers, scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in the loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The U.S. is back in action Thursday, March 12 against Puerto Rico, which is hosting Group A play in the qualifying stage. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT in San Juan.<\/p>\n

The Americans will also face Italy, New Zealand and Spain in group play. The 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup will be held in September in Berlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Fever star made 4-of-5 three-pointers and all five of her free throws in the 110-46 win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-518328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}