Natasha Howard scores 26 and Fever beat Dream 81-76 despite Caitlin Clark not making a 3

ATLANTA AP Natasha Howard scored points and the Indiana Fever overcame Caitlin Clark s cold long-distance shooting to beat the Atlanta Dream - before a sellout crowd on Thursday night to split a two-game series this week Atlanta won - at Indiana on Tuesday night Clark missed each of her five -pointers That ended a streak of games including the WNBA regular season and playoffs and the bulk of her college career at Iowa with at least one The last time Clark was held without a was Jan when she went for against Purdue during her sophomore season Clark and teammate Aliyah Boston each went to the bench with four fouls early in the third quarter Clark finished with points with six assists Kelsey Mitchell s -pointer gave Indiana a - lead Clark discovered Boston for a layup only her second field goal that extended the lead to - Rhyne Howard led Atlanta with points Clark noted before the challenge she was enjoying the NBA Indiana Pacers playoff run She revealed she took video of herself at she reacted to Tyrese Haliburton s jumper that sent Tournament of the Pacers Eastern Conference finals against the New York Knicks into overtime before Indiana took the - win on Wednesday night Sophie Cunningham scored nine points in her debut for Indiana after missing the first two games with a right ankle sprain Coach Stephanie White revealed Cunningham was cleared to play with no restriction on her minutes The Dream reported guard Jordin Canada out with a right knee injury will resume basketball pursuits in the coming weeks The Dream moved the competition to State Farm Arena home to the NBA s Atlanta Hawks and noted shortly before tipoff that the -seat venue was sold out The Dream s normal home Gateway Center Arena holds only AP WNBA https apnews com hub wnba-basketball Source