Match Summary: Fever Responds with Win at Dream

ATLANTA – The Indiana Fever (14-16) earned its third regular-season series win over the Atlanta Dream with an 84-79 victory at State Farm Arena on Monday night. Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with a season-high 29 points on 10 of 23 shooting and a season-high seven rebounds. Monday’s victory marked Indiana’s 14th of the season — the most in a Fever regular season since 2016.

Four Fever players scored in double figures on Monday, led by Mitchell’s fourth straight 20-point performance. Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark added 19 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, two steals and one blocked shot. Following her four made 3-point field goals on Monday, Clark tied Dream guard Rhyne Howard for the most made 3-point field goals by a rookie in WNBA history with 85.

Fever center Aliyah Boston recorded her 11th double-double of the season on Monday with a 14-point, 11-rebound performance to move just five points shy of reaching 1,000 career points. Off the bench, Fever forward Damiris Dantas added a season-high 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting from 3-point range. Additionally, forward NaLyssa Smith had seven points and six rebounds in the win to move past Natalie Achonwa for sixth place on the Fever’s all-time rebounds list with 764.

Indiana started strong on Monday night and never trailed the entire game, scoring the first eight points of the game for an 11-3 overall run. After the first quarter, Indiana led 22-17 and went on another 14-6 run. Mitchell scored 11 of her 29 points in the second quarter and Indiana outscored Atlanta, 30-21, in the second quarter alone, the most points the Fever have scored in a second quarter this season. The Fever outscored the Dream in paint points, 34-28, bench points, 15-11, fastbreak points, 11-6, and outscored Atlanta in rebounds, 43-38.

Four Dream (10-19) players scored in double figures in the loss. Dream center Tina Charles led Atlanta with a season-high 28 points and also grabbed eight rebounds. Dream guard Rhyne Howard was held scoreless in the second quarter but finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and two assists. Guards Allisha Gray and Jordin Canada combined for 22 points, eight assists and four rebounds.

NEXT
The Fever return home to take on the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ET from Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Wednesday’s game will be televised on Bally Sports Indiana.