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Roughly two years after Caitlin Clark\u2019s notable omission from the U.S. women\u2019s national basketball team at the Paris Olympics, the Indiana Fever<\/a> star made her long-awaited Team USA debut while wearing an iconic jersey number.<\/p>\n

The No. 12 jersey has long been associated with WNBA legend and six-time gold medalist Diana Taurasi\u2019s storied Olympic runs.<\/a> Clark recently took the floor in her first senior national team appearance, a move that drew praise from Taurasi.<\/p>\n

“It’s so cool to see Caitlin not only wear the USA jersey, but number 12. I spent two decades wearing that jersey and that number, and I couldn’t think of anyone better to take it and put it on and just have an amazing career,” Taurasi told Sports Illustrated.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Clark scored 17 points and averaged 11.6 points and 6.4 assists during the FIBA World Cup qualifier earlier this month, earning MVP honors.<\/a><\/p>\n

Taurasi, a three-time FIBA women’s gold medalist, praised Clark\u2019s performance and said she looks forward to watching her this summer as she prepares for her first Olympic run.<\/p>\n

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“And Caitlin will do that. She had a great qualifier down in Puerto Rico. It\u2019s just going to be fun to watch her play in the summer, in Germany, and then the Olympics.”<\/p>\n

“No one better to wear the 12, and Caitlin\u2019s going to put some gold medals on that jersey, you know,” she added.<\/p>\n

Clark wore No. 22 during her first two WNBA<\/a> seasons. She also wore the number during her rise to stardom at Iowa.<\/p>\n

While players often wear different jersey numbers in international competition, Taurasi said she had no role in Clark\u2019s decision to wear No. 12, but joked that a familiar figure may have had a hand in it.<\/p>\n

“You know, once I\u2019m out of things, I\u2019m out,” Taurasi said. “Maybe Sue [Bird], you know, she\u2019s a little bit more calculated than people think. So maybe that was a Sue job. That wouldn\u2019t surprise me.”<\/p>\n

Before this month’s FIBA action, a string of injuries sidelined Clark for much of the past eight months, limiting the NCAA\u2019s all-time scoring leader to 13 games in her second WNBA season.<\/p>\n

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