The Indiana Fever will attempt to end above .500 on their five-game highway journey after they face the host Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday night time.
Indiana (8-12) had gained 4 straight video games earlier than falling to the Chicago Sky on June 23 and the Seattle Storm on Thursday. Nonetheless, the Fever improved to 2-2 on their journey with a 88-82 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, almost getting a triple-double from rookie sensation Caitlin Clark.
Clark completed with 15 factors regardless of taking pictures solely 2-for-10 from 3-point vary. She additionally had 9 rebounds and 12 assists and was one in all 5 Indiana gamers to attain in double figures, a bunch that additionally included NaLyssa Smith (12 factors, 15 boards).
Aliyah Boston led the Fever with 17 factors.
Indiana has sported a balanced offensive assault, that includes 4 gamers averaging a minimum of 11.8 factors per recreation. Kelsey Mitchell (16.3 ppg) leads the best way, with Clark (16.2), Boston (13.1) and Smith (11.8) following shut behind.
Clark has been an enormous cause why so a lot of her teammates have been in a position to get in on the motion. She ranked third within the WNBA by way of the weekend with 6.9 assists per recreation and has averaged 10.7 over her previous three contests.
“You simply must be prepared,” Boston mentioned of taking part in off the ball with Clark. “When she’s getting blitzed as a lot as she does, she’ll discover a option to (make) the passes.”
Clark additionally was amongst these tied for third by way of Sunday in 3-point makes per recreation at 2.8. Additionally in that group was Las Vegas guard Kelsey Plum, who had made a minimum of two triples in each recreation this season till going 0-for-4 from deep on Saturday within the Aces’ 88-77 highway victory over the Washington Mystics.
Even with Plum struggling from lengthy vary and league-leading scorer A’ja Wilson (26.9 ppg) posting solely 11 factors, the two-time defending champion Aces (10-6) nonetheless managed to increase their successful streak to 4 video games.
The streak coincides with guard Chelsea Grey’s return to the lineup. Grey had been sidelined by a foot harm that she sustained in final 12 months’s WNBA Finals. She had a season-high 22 factors in opposition to Washington on Saturday.
“I really feel good, getting my wind again, in a position to put lengthy stretches collectively,” Grey mentioned. “It has been a course of, mentally and bodily, to simply be within the second.”
Jackie Younger completed with a team-high 26 factors within the win over the Mystics.
Tuesday marks the second assembly of the season between the groups. The Aces beat the Fever 99-80 on Might 25 in Las Vegas.
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