It's been a rough go lately for Caitlin Clark, but perhaps Friday night is exactly what she needed.

The rookie phenom tied her career-high of 30 points on Friday night and helped her Indiana Fever get an 85-83 win over the Washington Mystics.

Clark tied a WNBA rookie record with seven three-pointers, joining Crystal Robinson as the only players to make that many shots from behind the arc in their first year in the league.

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Her seven 3s were also the most in a game in Fever history, breaking Tamika Catchings' record of six in 2002.

Clark also grabbed eight rebounds and handed out six assists, joining New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu as the only rookies to put up a 30-5-5 line in a contest in the history of the WNBA.

The Mystics had a chance to win the game with 1.4 seconds left, but couldn't get a shot off in time, securing the victory for Indiana.

Clark has had one other 30-point game in the WNBA — a loss to Los Angeles on May 28. She hadn't made more than four 3s in a game and had shot over 50% from the field only once. On Friday, she was 8-for-15.

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Turnovers were still an issue for Clark, though, as she committed eight — she's had five or more in eight games so far.

But, with the pressure mounting, Clark will take the impressive performance parlayed with a huge victory.

It was the Fever's third win of the season (3-9), while the Mystics are now winless in 11 games this year.

The announced attendance was 20,233.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A predominantly Black neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, hoping to fend off violent crime, has turned to an armed group of citizens to patrol their streets by land and by air.

The so-called "Self-Defense Brigade" — made up of about 40 legally armed citizens — are voluntarily patrolling the streets of Hartford’s North End wearing body cameras mostly on nights and weekends, according to the group’s founder, Cornell Lewis. 

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When the armed volunteers are not on the streets, the group monitors video feeds from a dozen drones hovering over the neighborhood, and 75 home surveillance cameras in the neighborhood. 

"The Democratic machine in Hartford is either unwilling or unable, incapable of doing it, and people are paying their tax dollars, and they're not really getting any kind of service," Lewis told Fox News. "So we want the people to understand, number one, self-defense is not a dirty word."

Hartford’s Democratic Mayor Arunan Arulampalam has denounced the group over concerns they will enact vigilante justice.

"Our community has seen so much pain and trauma, and what we need is for those who love this city to do the hard work of healing that pain, not walk around our streets with guns trying to take the law into their own hands," Arulampalam said in a statement to Fox.

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Lewis contends the brigade is not made up of vigilantes and are all trained in discipline legal security. The 40 or so volunteers in Hartford have legal permits to carry concealed weapons and the purpose is self-defense.

"I'm a fourth degree black belt, and I trained everybody in hand-to-hand combat," Lewis said.

The group began patrolling the neighborhood at the behest of Archbishop Dexter Burke of the Walk in the Light Church of God. A shooting in February left two men dead near his church and he had enough.

"I feel that we are really putting a dent on crime," Burke said. "I think that we've exceeded 100% in terms of success."

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Burke says having community members invested in the neighborhood patrol combats the anti-snitch culture in Black neighborhoods. As for concerns that this is nothing more than armed vigilantes, Burke points to the use of cameras.

The body worn cameras and drones, he says, are meant to provide evidence of crimes to be turned over to police, but the cameras also provide protection to the volunteer members of the group.

Both Burke and Lewis say they’ve heard from residents interested in the patrol services in other neighborhoods in Hartford, as well as in New Haven.

But New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker reportedly says he strongly opposes the idea of armed patrols in his city. 

"It’s a bad idea, and it’s not welcome and there’s a number of reasons for that. We need fewer guns on our street, not more," Elicker told WTNH News 8.

But Burke says it's working in their neighborhood and there are no plans to back down.

"Praying alone will never fix it," Burke said. "We can pray all day, but it's just some stuff we need to do."