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Clark back with double-double in Team USA debut

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- With 90 seconds left in the first quarter of Team USA's game against Senegal on Wednesday, Caitlin Clark launched the ball. After rattling all the way around the rim and popping up, it finally went through the hoop, giving Clark her first bucket of the night -- and her first in eight months. Clark made her debut for the senior national team in the United States' 110-64 win in its first game of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Playing for the first time since July, Clark finished with 17 points on 4-of-5 shooting -- all 3-pointers -- and 12 assists in 19 minutes. "I thought I was going to be anxious, but I was just excited," Clark said. "I've been preparing for this for a really long time. ... There's nothing like getting to run around out there and having fun, especially with a group of people as talented as this.…

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