Connecticut Sun take on Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever
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Connecticut Sun rookie guard Saniya Rivers said that the Boston market would be an appealing spot for the WNBA franchise if they relocated.
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever took on the Connecticut Sun at TD Garden in Boston. Is Boston ready for a WNBA team?
Tina Charles added another double-double to her record and Leïla Lacan had a career-high 19 points off the bench in the Sun's loss to the Fever on Tuesday night.
Connecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers spent almost her entire life in North Carolina before she was drafted into the WNBA, but the rookie truly became a New Englander on Monday when she tried her first lobster roll ahead of the Sun’s game against the Indiana Fever at TD Garden.
BOSTON ― A fan sitting courtside was ejected from the Connecticut Sun game at TD Garden on Tuesday night.
If the Connecticut Sun don’t want pressure to move to Boston, they might want to stop playing games at TD Garden. New England’s only WNBA team played its second annual game in the Massachusetts capital on Tuesday night in front of an energetic sold-out crowd.
Last time the Connecticut Sun played in Boston, Stephanie White led them to victory. On Tuesday, she returns as coach of the Indiana Fever.
The Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun played before a sold-out TD Garden on Tuesday, the second year in a row the WNBA has filled the arena to capacity for a regular season game. Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is hoping Boston hosts more games in the future.
I love Connecticut, it’s fine, but I think the marketing here itself is just going to be better for a women’s basketball program and I think we can make a lot of noise here starting tonight, so I’m just excited to be a part of it.
"I think the market here itself is just going to be better for a women’s basketball program," said Sun guard Saniya Rivers.