Indiana Fever (5-8) at Las Vegas Aces (6-5)

Date: Saturday, June 29th
Time: 10:30 p.m. (ET)
Site: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Live Stream: CBSSportsNetwork.com

The Indiana Fever travel to Las Vegas for their first meeting of the season with the Aces on Saturday. Indiana faced the Phoenix Mercury Friday night, falling 91-69. The Fever are now 5-8 on the season. Las Vegas is coming off an 86-74 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday. The defeat dropped the Aces to 6-5.

Candice Dupree scored a team-high 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the loss to Phoenix. Kelsey Mitchell (13 points) and Betnijah Laney (12 points) also finished in double-figures for Indiana. Liz Cambage led the way for the Aces with 18 points while hitting nine of her 12 shots on Friday. Dearica Hamby contributed 13 points off the bench.

Probable Starters
Fever: F – Betnijah Laney, F – Candice Dupree, C –Teaira McCowan or Natalie Achonwa, G – Kelsey Mitchell, G – Erica Wheeler
Aces: F –Kayla McBride, F – A’ja Wilson, C – Liz Cambage, G –Kelsey Plum, G – Jackie Young

NOTES

• The Aces won all three games against the Fever last season, the franchise’s first in Las Vegas. Indiana has not defeated the team since 2017 when it was located in San Antonio.
• Kelsey Mitchell finished with 13 points in the loss to the Mercury. Mitchell has recorded at least 13 points in 10 of her last 11 games.
• Candice Dupree (15 points) was Indiana’s leading scorer for the third time this season. She is the third player to pace the Fever in scoring at least three times in 2019, joining Kelsey Mitchell (five times) and Erica Wheeler (three times).
• Betnijah Laney tied a career high with 12 points. Laney also pulled down at least four rebounds for the seventh game in a row.
• Tearia McCowan (10) grabbed double-digit rebounds for the fourth time in her last five contests. McCowan is averaging 11.6 rebounds per game over that stretch.
• McCowan’s 22 blocks rank second in the WNBA through games on June 28. She leads all rookies in rebounds (7.3) and blocks (1.69) per game.
• With her next make from beyond the arc, Erica Wheeler (107) will pass Rita Williams for seventh in Fever history. Wheeler needs three points to pass Tully Bevilaqua at No. 9 in franchise history.
• Kelsey Mitchell (99) is one 3-pointer away from 100 for her career. Her 29 3-pointers this season rank second in the WNBA as of June 28.
• With her next steal, Tiffany Mitchell will reach 100 for her career. Mitchell scored the 1,000th point of her career on June 25.
• With a win against Las Vegas, the Fever would match their overall and road win totals from the entire 2018 season. It would also be Indiana’s first victory over Las Vegas since the team relocated.