Indiana Fever (9-12) vs. Atlanta Dream (11-10)

Date: Friday, July 15, 2016
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)
Television: MyINDY-TV 23
Webcast: Live webcast and stats can be accessed via WNBA League Pass on FeverBasketball.com

Probable Starters
Fever– F- Tamika Catchings, F-Lynetta Kizer, C-Erlana Larkins, G- Erica Wheeler, G-Briann January
Dream– F- Sancho Lyttle, F- Angel McCoughtry, C- Elizabeth Williams, G- Layshia Clarendon, G- Tiffany Hayes

Storylines & Promotion

• The Indiana Fever continue a three-game home stand as they host the Atlanta Dream for the final time this season Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

• Friday’s game is presented by MyBMV.com. The Fever will also host Lucas Oil Family Night presented by IndyStar with ticket packages starting at $22.

• Fans can catch the action live on MyINDY-TV 23 as play-by-play announcer Chris Denair and analyst and former Fever point guard Tully Bevilaqua will have the call starting at 7:00 p.m.

• The Fever saw a two-game winning streak come to a close as the Connecticut Sun used a huge second-half run to take down Indiana, 86-64, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Wednesday afternoon. The loss ended a six-game winning streak over Connecticut in the series.

• Lynetta Kizer led the Fever with 18 points in Wednesday’s loss. Kizer hit nine field goals on 11 attempts in 24 minutes of action. She has scored in double figures in each of the last three games, averaging 13.3 points per game and shooting 70 percent (19-27) from the field over that stretch.

• Briann January ranks fifth in the WNBA this season in assists, averaging a team-high 4.5 helpers per contest. She has led the Fever in assists in 12 of her 16 games played this season

• January also ranks second in the league this season with an assists-per-turnover ratio of 2.88. She has only committed 25 turnovers in 16 games this season.

• Indiana set a new season low in free throw attempts in Wednesday’s loss, but made all seven of their foul shots. The Fever have shot at least 90 percent from the free throw line in seven games this season, and lead the WNBA in free throw percentage at 85.1 percent on the season.

• Indiana and Atlanta will square off for the third and final time this season. The two teams split a pair of games played earlier this season back in May as each squad was able to defend its home court. Indiana hung on for a 94-85 win at Bankers Life Fieldhouse back on May 20, before falling to the Dream, 76-85, in Atlanta on May 29.

• Currently standing at 11-10 this season, the Dream have endured a roller coast of a season thus far. After beginning the season 6-1, Atlanta lost eight of its next 10 games, including six straight spanning late June until early July. The Dream saw a three-game winning streak come to a close as they fell 62-86 in their last outing at New York Wednesday afternoon.

• All-Star forward and Olympian Angel McCoughtry leads Atlanta with 19.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game this season. Former Fever guard Layshia Clarendon has averaged career highs with 1..0 points, 4.2 rebounds and a team-high 3.0 assists per game in her first season with the Dream.

Last Meeting
(May 29, 2016) ATLANTA – After trailing by as many as 18 points in the first half, the Fever clawed back into the game and took the lead, 55-54, late in the third quarter. But Atlanta shot 58 percent from the field and outscored Indiana 25-17 in the fourth quarter to hang on for an 85-76 win over the Fever at Philips Arena. Erica Wheeler set new career highs with 18 points and seven assists. Tamika Catchings added 16 while Tiffany Mitchell chipped in 14 for Indiana.

Series
The all-time series between Indiana and Atlanta is now tied, 18-18, but Indiana holds a 11-8 record at home over the Dream in the series that dates back to 2008.

Fever Film Room: Shenise Johnson and Lynetta Kizer