With 10.9 seconds remaining and the game knotted, Tyasha Harris made two free throws and 13 of Connecticut’s final 18 points to lead the Connecticut Sun to an 88-84 victory over Indiana, who remains winless.

“I think it’s obvious how far we’ve come, which is why this one hurts so bad.” We had numerous chances to win the game and you didn’t, and we were right there,” Clark remarked. “We were right there with the Sun today, and we’ve played the best teams in the league.”

Two games against the New York Liberty, the WNBA runner-up from the previous season, and two more against the Sun, who finished with the third-best record in the league, have already been scheduled for Indiana.

However, Clark was back and appeared more like the two-time national college player of the year during the last quarter than she had during the first 15 quarters of her professional career after limping straight into the tunnel near the team bench, retaping her ankle, and participating in halftime warmups with her teammates.

With 10 minutes remaining, Clark finished with 17 points, 5 assists, and 3 3-pointers made on 5 of 11 attempts, including the game-winning 3-pointer from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse logo that put Indiana up 70-68 and roused the crowd.

She responded, “That was a big shot.” “We energized the audience. That audience was amazing, really.