Indiana Fever (10-12) at New York Liberty (18-7)

Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016
Time: 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Site: Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)
Television: NBATV
Webcast: Live webcast and stats can be accessed via WNBA League Pass on FeverBasketball.com
(Webcasts during games televised on FOX Sports Indiana may not be available in local market areas due to blackout restrictions.)

Probable Starters
Fever– F- Tamika Catchings, F-Lynetta Kizer, C-Erlana Larkins, G- Erica Wheeler, G-Briann January
Liberty– F- Swin Cash, F- Tina Charles, C- Carolyn Swords, G- Sugar Rodgers, G- Tanisha Wright

Storylines & Promotion
• Winners of three of their past four games, the Indiana Fever look to continue their hot streak as they wrap up the pre-Olympic break portion of their schedule Thursday morning in New York at 11:00 a.m.

• Thursday’s game will not be televised locally, but fans can follow all the action by watching WNBA League Pass via FeverBasketball.com or by following live updates on Twitter, @IndianaFever.

• The Fever led wire-to-wire in front of a nationally-televised audience against the team with the WNBA’s best record as they earned an impressive 92-82 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks Tuesday night.

• Indiana improved its record to 6-0 this season when scoring 90 or more points and 5-1 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.  The Fever have now shot better than 50 percent from the field in three of the past four games, and four of the last six overall.

• Three of the past four Fever wins have come by margins of 10 or more points.

• Tamika Catchings turned in a vintage performance Tuesday night as she finished with a game-high 23 points, two rebounds and four steals to lead Indiana to victory.  Catchings ranks second in the WNBA this season in steals, averaging just under two per game (1.96).

• Lynetta Kizer scored in double figures for the fifth straight game Tuesday night, extending the longest stretch with 10 or more points of her WNBA career.  She shot 6-for-9 from the field and finished with 14 points.  Kizer is averaging 14.4 points and shooting 65 percent (34-52) from the field over the last five games.

• Briann January fell just short of the second double-double of her WNBA career as she finished with 12 points and a season-high nine assists in Tuesday’s win.  She ranks fourth in the league this season in assists with 4.8 per game and has led Indiana in assists in 14 of her 18 games played this season.

• Rebounding from injury troubles throughout the early portion of the schedule, Shenise Johnson has now scored in double figures in back-to-back games and three of the last four overall.

• New York has defeated the Fever twice already this season, including a 78-75 overtime win at Indiana in the last matchup on June 19.  The Liberty also handed the Fever their second-worst defeat in franchise history, a 59-91 loss at Madison Square Garden on June 3.

• The Liberty currently hold the league’s third-best record at 17-7 this season, including an 8-4 mark at home.  After a 2-3 start this season, New York has gone 15-4 since and have won six of the last seven games, including an 88-81 road win over the Washington Mystics Wednesday.

• New York is once again led by the Olympian and MVP candidate, Tina Charles.  She leads the WNBA this season in points and rebounds with 21.6 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.

Series
New York snapped a four-game regular season losing streak to the Fever with its win over Indiana on June 3. The Fever won four of the five regular season matchups over New York during the 2015 season. Indiana holds a 39-24 all-time regular season record over New York in the history of the series.