Fever’s Lexie Hull says team can win title with Clark back in 2026
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Lexie Hull led the Indiana Fever to the brink of the WNBA Finals last season.
He did so without Caitlin Clark after the superstar was injured.
Now, with Clark returning in 2026, Hull believe and expect they can win a championship and introduce the game to a new generation of fans and up-and-coming players.
Indiana Fever guard Lexie Hull (10), guard Caitlin Clark (22) and guard Sophie Cunningham (8) laugh near the team bench during a game against the Washington Mystics on June 3, 2025 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (IMAGN)
“Seeing the girls, seeing the guys every day and being able to give them aspirations and show them what they can do and the possibilities,” Hull told Fox News Digital about the rewards of playing in the WNBA.
“Growing up, I didn’t watch the WNBA that much, I didn’t dream of playing in the league at a young age. And now girls have the ability to watch us, to see us, to dream of being professional athletes. And that’s the most rewarding part of this job.”
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“I love the game and [the fans] come out. This is one of the reasons why I love doing what I do; Seeing the fans in the stands, seeing the little girls and being a role model for them on and off the field. “I think that’s really what drives and fuels me.”
Drafted by the Fever in 2022, Hull played her first two WNBA seasons without the buzz Clark brought in 2024.
They took the Fever to the play-offs together for the first time since 2016; Clark and teammate Sophie Cunningham were both on the bench with injuries in 2026 as Hull took the team to a play-off run.
In 2025, the best year of his career, Hull averaged career-highs in points (7.2), rebounds (4.3) and assists (1.8), while shooting 36.7% from three-point range and appearing in all 44 games.
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Lexie Hull of the Indiana Fever during a game against the Washington Mystics at CFG Bank in Baltimore on September 7, 2025. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
Achieved average in the play-offs 10.3 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in eight games. It all ended with a 107-98 overtime loss to the Las Vegas Aces in Game 5 of the WNBA semifinals.
But Hull says he believes the 2026 team, in the third year of the Clark era, will be a different showing and a championship-contending team.
“I think it’s because we got to where we were last year without some key pieces, with a lot of injuries and a lot of adversity. Our bench was longer than any other bench. We had more people in the training room receiving treatment than any other team, and we still almost made it to the finals,” Hull said.
“Tasting that, being this close and feeling like we have so much more to give, I think it just changes our mentality a little bit. It doesn’t mean overconfidence, but it means trusting the fact that we really have a chance. And we have to play like every game is important and we’re getting ready for the last game.”
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Lexie Hull, Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham of Indiana Fevers watch the Golden State Valkyries celebrate their 88-77 victory in WNBA play at Chase Center on June 19, 2025 in San Francisco. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
“I think it’s pretty achievable given what we can do with free agency.”
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