Add another milestone to Caitlin Clark’s record-setting 2024. Her latest came Sunday in the Indiana Fever’s 92-75 victory over the Seattle Storm, breaking the WNBA rookie record for most assists in a season.

Clark, who leads the WNBA with 8.3 assists per game, had nine on Sunday for 232, surpassing Ticha Penicheiro’s previous rookie record of 224 set in 1998.

Penicheiro was the No. 2 pick this year for the Sacramento Monarchs, who are no longer in the WNBA. She led the Monarchs to the championship in 2005 and finished her career with 2,600 assists, the third-most in WNBA history.

Clark was four years old when Penicheiro entered the WNBA and 10 when Penicheiro retired. But Clark said the two connected during her college career at Iowa. And she knows enough to accurately describe Penicheiro, who is considered one of the most creative and exciting passers in women’s basketball history.

“If you look at her highlights, she was definitely a better passer than me,” Clark said. “She had a lot more flair in her game. She would turn around and make these crazy passes. I just run into transition, throw the ball up there and hope for the best.”

In fact, Clark’s passing is one of her best attributes. In addition to scoring a Division I record 3,951 points at Iowa, Clark tallied 1,144 assists, third in NCAA Division I women’s history. In her 28th WNBA game, she surpassed Penicheiro’s WNBA rookie record; Penicheiro set her record in 30 games.

With the expansion of the WNBA regular season to 40 games, Clark has 12 games left to increase her assist total. The WNBA’s single-season assist total record is 316, set last year in 40 games by Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun.

At her current pace, Clark could surpass that number in 11 more games. Thomas is currently second in the league with 202 assists in 26 games.

“If you told me I would lead the league in assists in my rookie season here, I probably would have told you you were lying,” said Clark, who also had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks on Sunday. “But I’m very proud of it. I want to set up my teammates first and foremost because that’s what will help you have the most successful team.

“I always look for my teammates in transition. That’s usually where I’m most successful.”

Indiana, seventh in the WNBA standings, is now 13-15, matching last season’s winning record. The Fever have not won since 2015, when they went 20-14 and reached the WNBA Finals.

They haven’t made the playoffs since 2016, when they were 17-17.

“I think we just have a really balanced attack,” said Fever guard Lexie Hull, who scored a career-high 22 points on Sunday and hit 6 of 7 three-pointers. “It’s just fun to watch when Caitlin runs in transition – the ball can go anywhere, anybody can knock it down, our offense is just so fluid.”