Caitlin Clark , who has been sidelined since July 15 with a right groin injury, did not travel with the Indiana Fever for Sunday's game at the Connecticut Sun.

A team official declined to comment on any reason, but Clark’s boyfriend, Butler assistant coach Connor McCaffery, shared an Instagram post late Saturday night mourning the death of his grandmother, Marit Smaby-Nowlin.

“I’ve been trying to think of what to say and I can’t,” he wrote. “It’s impossible to put into words how much you meant to our entire family. I refuse to say goodbye, so until we meet again.” Will Caitlin Clark return to play? 'That’s the hope. The hope is that she’s back'

Smaby-Nowlin, 80, was found unresponsive in a northern Minnesota lake Wednesday evening, according to the Star Tribune . Need a break

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