SO SAD: Bad news for Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark has just announced…

Once again, the Connecticut Sun shined too brightly for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

The Sun throttled the Fever 89-72 Monday night in Uncasville, Connecticut, in a game that was reminiscent of the teams’ first meeting in the WNBA season opener on May 14.

The Sun won that game 92-71 despite 20 points from Clark, but the third meeting between the teams went no better for the Fever and was decidedly worse for the league’s No. 1 overall pick.

Just three days after Clark tied her season high in scoring (30 points) and set a new season high for 3-pointers made (7) in a win over the Mystics, she scored just 10 points on 3-for-8 shooting against the Sun in a game in which she was limited because of foul trouble and was largely over at halftime.

Clark also had just two assists Monday night and did not record a rebound for the first time since that season opener against Connecticut.

Clark, who has been the subject of fierce discussion after news emerged that she would not play for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics, picked up her fourth foul midway through the third quarter and remained on the bench for the rest of the game.

She was joined by most of the Fever starters — aside from Aliyah Boston — when Connecticut increased its lead to a game-high 28 points before the Indiana reserves cut into the lead in the fourth quarter.