WNBA rescinds Caitlin Clark's eighth technical, suspension lifted

She had been set to sit out Tuesday's game against the Liberty

Wire Report IntelligenceUpdated Aug 101 min read

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What happened: The WNBA rescinded the technical foul assessed to Caitlin Clark for extra contact with an official, reversing the automatic suspension that foul had triggered as her eighth of the season. Clark had been slated to miss Indiana's game against the Liberty on Tuesday under the league's technical-foul threshold.

Why it matters: The reversal keeps Clark on the floor during a scoring stretch in which she and Kelsey Mitchell combined for 516 points over 10 games, with Clark averaging 23.7 per game in that span. Losing her for a game against a Liberty team would have thinned Indiana's rotation during a stretch with playoff seeding on the line.

By the numbers: Clark and Mitchell set a WNBA record with 516 combined points over 10 games; Mitchell averaged 27.9 points and Clark 23.7 in that stretch.

What to watch: Clark is now expected to play Tuesday against the Liberty as scheduled.

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usatoday.com Aug 10, 3:49 AM ET

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