The New York Liberty visited the Indiana Fever at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a game with huge seeding implications last night with the 2 teams only being separated by a half a game in the standings entering the game. The Fever outscored the Liberty in the opening quarter 29-23. They would continue to extend their lead by having an offensive explosion in the second quarter and putting up 35 points to the 23 points for the Liberty and took a 64-46 lead into the halftime break. In the third quarter, the Fever would continue to maintain and extend the lead, and take an 87-67 lead into the final frame, the only quarter the Liberty would outscore the Fever was the fourth quarter when they would outscore the Fever 25-19 but they had already dug themselves to deep of a whole as the Liberty fell by a final score of 106-92 marking the 15th time the Fever have scored over 100 points which extends their WNBA record. The Fever shot a ridiculous 11-14 from the three-point line in the first half which set a record in Fever franchise history for highest 3 point percentage in a half at 79%. The Fever had 5 players score in double-figures, with 3 of their starters, and 2 of their bench pieces scoring in double digits led by Kelsey Mitchell who had 28 points on a ridiculously efficient 11-16 from the field, and 4-4 from beyond the arc, 3 assists, and 3 rebounds to go along with some stellar defensive plays which led to 2 steals, Caitlin Clark had 22 points on 7-15 from the field, and 4-8 from beyond the arc, 4 rebounds, and 10 assists which marks the ninth time that she has had over 20 points and 10 assists in the same game which sets a new single season WNBA record and breaks the record that she set in her rookie year when she had that statline 8 times, Aliyah Boston had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists, Monique Billings had 14 points, and Sophie Cunningham had 12 points on 4-5 from the field, and 4-5 from three. In the loss, The Liberty had 4 starters score in double-figures led by Breanna Stewart who had 19 points on 8-21 from the field, 1-5 from beyond the arc, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists, Sabrina Ionescu had 19 points on 7-11 from the field, and 1-5 from three, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, Jonquel Jones had 14 points on 5-7 from the field, and 3-4 from beyond the arc, 10 rebounds, and 2 assists, Rebecca Allen 11 points on 4-6 from the field, and 3-5 from three, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist. The Fever improved to 21-12 on the season, while the Liberty fell to 20-14.
Next up:
The Indiana Fever host the Dallas Wings on Friday night at 7:30 PM EST broadcast on ION.
The New York Liberty host the Los Angeles Sparks tomorrow night at 8 PM broadcast on Prime Video.
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