Caitlin Clark has been playing basketball almost nonstop for nearly a year, and that finally has come to an end. A lot of it at the end had to do with former Notre Dame guard [autotag]Marina Mabrey[/autotag].
The Connecticut Sun acquired Mabrey from the Chicago Sky during the season, and that move has paid off so far. Mabrey scored 17 points as the Sun swept Clark’s Indiana Fever out of the first round of the WNBA playoffs with an 87-81 Game 2 victory.
Mabrey, starting in place of the injured Tyasha Harris, shot only 3 of 10 from 3-point range during the game, but she made two big ones late. One of them came as an answer to one from Clark, who led all scorers with 25 points:
CAITLIN CLARK AND MARINA MABREY TRADE THREES LATE IN GAME 2 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/Cj2YTaXDhz
— ESPN (@espn) September 26, 2024
A few minutes later, with the Fever’s season hanging in the balance, Mabrey hit from downtown again to squash any doubts that this game would end in the Sun’s favor:
MARINA MABREY THREE IN THE CLUTCH 🔥
YOU BET 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/bMOWbylEa4
— ESPN (@espn) September 26, 2024
Mabrey performed spectacularly in the two-game sweep. She led all scorers with 27 points off the bench in Game 1.
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