4<\/p>\n Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark has received a major update regarding her teamCredit: AP 4<\/p>\n Clark has been out since July 17 due to a groin injuryCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Clark<\/a> has missed 13 of 26 games due to injury and is set to miss Friday’s game against the Wings.<\/p>\n But Clark’s teammates have picked up the slack recently as the Fever have won the last three games.<\/p>\n One of Indiana’s players, rookie Chloe Bibby, has contributed to two of those wins, averaging 9 points and shooting 50 percent from three-point range.<\/p>\n But the 27-year-old Bibby was simply auditioning as she was playing on a seven-day contract with the Fever.<\/p>\n Read More on Caitlin Clark<\/p>\n Fortunately for Clark and company, the Fever have signed the Australian forward Bibby to a rest-of-season contract, the team announced Friday.<\/p>\n This is Bibby’s first season in the WNBA<\/a> after playing overseas for the previous three years.<\/p>\n But Bibby has a history of playing alongside Clark’s college rival, Angel Reese.<\/p>\n In 2017, Bibby moved to the US to play college basketball<\/a> for Mississippi State.<\/p>\n Then in 2020, she transferred to Maryland, where she played two seasons alongside Reese.<\/p>\n Fast forward to 2025, and Bibby has found a role on the Fever.<\/p>\n Portland Fire Returns: WNBA Expansion Fueled by the Caitlin Clark Effect<\/p>\n She has posted 18 points in just 24 minutes of action across her two games.<\/p>\n And Bibby has drilled four of eight shots from behind the arc.<\/p>\n Fever head coach Stephanie White seemed to foreshadow the team’s commitment to Bibby.<\/p>\n “She just gives us a different look than any of our other post players,” White said after Bibby’s first game on Sunday.<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n The Fever signed Chloe Bibby to a full-season contract after making a good impression on a seven-day contractCredit: Getty<\/p>\n “With Bibby, she’s a stretch four and she’s a shooter\u2014we haven’t had that,” she shared after the team’s victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday.<\/p>\n With no timetable for Clark’s return from a groin injury, Aliyah Boston and the rest of the squad will have to adjust without the two-time All-Star.<\/p>\n They will begin a four-game road trip on Friday as they’ll take on Paige Bueckers<\/a> and the Dallas Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Fever owns the league’s sixth-best record (15-12).<\/p>\n![\"Caitlin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/indiana-fevers-caitlin-clark-reacts-1012110570.jpg\")
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