Caitlin Clark officially out for Tuesday’s game in New York

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana Fever All-Star Caitlin Clark is officially out for Tuesday’s game against the New York Liberty.

Clark was listed as out due to a right groin injury on the team’s pregame injury report Monday evening.

Clark was at practice Monday watching from the sidelines. Head coach Stephanie White said Clark met with doctors after practice for more evaluation and will still travel with the team to New York.

In the meantime, the rest of the Fever roster is focused on starting off the second half of the season on the right foot, even though Clark can’t play.

“We know this season’s not gonna be perfect. Everyone’s not always going to be healthy at the same time, and that’s kind of how its been for us this season,” Fever center Aliyah Boston said. “So for us, it’s about not getting down and not letting it hold us down, but make sure that the next person up and the next person to step on that floor is ready to go.”

Fellow All-Star Kelsey Mitchell reiterated that every game from this point on matters. Whether Clark is healthy or not, she said the Fever have to be gritty and get as many wins to push for the playoffs.

“I wanna win,” Mitchell said. “Unfortunately, (Clark) will not be around, but you have to want to win regardless. You look at these situations like it’s unfortunate, but we have to keep playing for her and make sure that she knows we miss her, but we have do right by ourselves.”

White is confident her team has what it takes to have a positive second half of the season.

“We know what it’s going to take,” White said. “We’ve got to be able to do that on a daily basis. We’ve got to continue to grow. We’ve got to understand that there’s gonna be disruption, and we’ve got to be able to handle that, which I think they’ve done a good job of. We’ve got to be able to start putting some things together.”

The Fever play the Liberty at 8 p.m. Eastern Tuesday night in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

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