INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It was not the smoothest debut for Caitlin Clark on Tuesday night. She set the record for most amount of turnovers in a WNBA debut with 10. But, she did finish with 20 points and knocked down four threes, which was also a record.

She joined Maya Moore and Edna Campbell as the only players in WNBA history to score 20 points and make four three pointers in their debut.

Now, she returns to Indianapolis for her regular season home debut on Thursday, when the Fever play the New York Liberty.

“I guess I’m just excited for Thursday to get back home and have our home opener,” Clark said after the game on Tuesday.

The home crowd should be packed on Thursday night with Fever fans. Their preseason game against the Atlanta Dream set a Fever attendance record for a preseason game, with 13,028 fans in the building. The Fever averaged just over 4,000 fans per game last season.

“Any time you can have a home opener and have the support that we’ve had, our preseason game was tremendous and now we get to for real,” Clark said. “I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s going to be loud. We’re going to need to use the environment to our advantage and I think just learn and move on and get ready to play. Embrace it and enjoy it because it is special, too.”

While it was not the ideal regular season debut, Clark did play better in the fourth quarter. She scored eight points and knocked down two three-pointers.

It was a rough first game for the team as a whole as well. They turned the ball over 25 times and allowed the Sun to shoot over 42% from three-point range. All-Star and 2023 Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston was shut down as well, scoring just four points on 2-6 shooting.

The Fever home opener on Thursday will be against the New York Liberty, who lost in the WNBA Finals last year. They also have the reigning WNBA MVP, Breanna Stewart.

The game will tip off at 7 p.m.

Stay updated with WISH-TV‘s live coverage from Gainbridge Fieldhouse starting at 5 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana added another piece to the frontcourt on Wednesday by landing transfer Langdon Hatton.

Hatton is a 6-foot-10, 240-pound forward who spent the last two seasons at Bellarmine after beginning his career with one season at William and Mary. Hatton is an Indiana native, having grown up in Georgetown, Ind. and graduating from North Harrison High School in Ramsey, Ind., near Louisville, Ky. 

As a junior in 2023-24 at Bellarmine, Hatton averaged 10.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.8 blocks per game. He shot 48% from the field, 33.3% from 3-point range (15 for 45) and 67.5% from the free throw line. He started 31 games and played 27.8 minutes per game for a Bellarmine team that went 8-23 and finished last in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Now Hatton joins the Hoosiers with one year of eligibility. He’s Indiana’s fifth transfer portal addition of the offseason and sixth overall newcomer on coach Mike Woodson’s 2024-25 roster, joining Washington State guard Myles Rice, Arizona center Oumar Ballo, Stanford guard Kanaan Carlyle, Illinois wing Luke Goode and five-star freshman wing Bryson Tucker.

Those players replace graduating Hoosiers Xavier Johnson and Anthony Walker, Kel’el Ware, who entered the NBA draft, and transfers CJ Gunn (DePaul), Kaleb Banks (Tulane) and Payton Sparks (Ball State).

Most of Hatton’s scoring came around the rim last season, with 7.2 2-point attempts per game. But he also proved to be a capable 3-point shooter, attempting 1.5 per game. He ranked 10th in the Atlantic Sun in defensive rebounding percentage, 12th in block percentage and 15th in offensive rebounding percentage.

Hatton had five double-doubles in 2023-24. He scored a career-high 27 points at Kennesaw State, making 11-of-17 shots from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from 3-point range. His career-high 17 rebounds came in a win over Boyce College.

As a sophomore in 2022-23, Hatton started six games and came off the bench in 27. Across 12.8 minutes per game, he averaged 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game while shooting 58% from the field.

Hatton began his career at William and Mary, where he averaged 4.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 14.8 minutes per game. He started six games and came off the bench in 24.

Malik Reneau returns to Indiana for his junior year in 2024-25 after averaging 15.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as the starting power forward. Ballo figures to start alongside Reneau in the front court, following two seasons as a first-team All-Pac-12 center at Arizona. Hatton provides depth behind them, and Indiana could also play Mackenzie Mgbako and Luke Goode at power forward in smaller lineups. 

Here’s a look at Indiana’s roster after the addition of Hatton.