Caitlin Clark is headed to the WNBA playoffs in her rookie season.
The rookie star guard has led the Indiana Fever to their first playoff berth since 2016 on Tuesday night despite it being an off day for the squad.
It also ended the franchise’s seven-season postseason drought that tied for the longest in WNBA history.
The No. 1 draft pick, who is widely considered the front-runner for WNBA Rookie of the Year, and the Fever made the postseason because of Las Vegas’ 90-71 victory over Chicago and Phoenix’s 74-66 win against Atlanta on Tuesday night.
Indiana, who moved to 17-16 after a win on Sunday, has its first winning record since June 2019 and is in sixth place.
Eight teams qualify for the WNBA playoffs, and seven spots are filled now.
Phoenix (17-17) also earned its playoff spot Tuesday after missing the postseason last year for the first time since 2012.
Chicago and Atlanta, both 11-22, are battling for the last spot with Washington, which beat Dallas 90-86 Tuesday and is 10-23.
The New York Liberty, Connecticut, Minnesota, Las Vegas and Seattle already had qualified for the postseason.
Clark has had an impressive rookie season.
In 33 games, she is averaging 18.7 points per game to go along with 8.4 assists and 5.6 rebounds per contest.
Clark, who led the Iowa Hawkeyes to two NCAA championship games in her illustrious career, became the all-time leading scorer in Division I basketball history earlier this year.
The impressive feat recently was the cause to the end of a friendship between two WNBA legends, Nancy Lieberman and Sheryl Swoopes.
