Indiana Fever (4-23) at New York Liberty (7-19)

Date: Saturday, Aug 4, 2018
Time: 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Westchester County Center
TV: NBA TV
Live Stream: WNBA League Pass

Probable Starters
Fever: F- Victoria Vivians, F – Candice Dupree, C – Natalie Achonwa, G – Cappie Pondexter, G – Erica Wheeler
Storm: F – Marissa Coleman, F – Tina Charles, C – Kia Vaughn, G – Sugar Rodgers, G – Brittany Boyd

The Indiana Fever travel to face the New York Liberty after snatching its fourth win of the season against the Dallas Wings on Thursday night, 84-78. Indiana had six players in double figures for the first time since 2016 and was led by veteran Cappie Pondexter with a season-high18 points and four rebounds in the victory.

New York is looking to snap a five-game losing streak after falling to the Connecticut Sun, 92-77, Wednesday night. The Liberty were led by Sugar Rodgers with 16 points and three boards. Brittany Boyd followed closely behind with 14 points and a game-high eight assists for New York.

Injury Report
Guard Shenise Johnson (left knee ACL rehabilitation) remains out and will not play.

Storylines & Promotion
• Indiana plays the second game of a season-ending stretch encompassing eight games over 18 days to cap the 2018 regular season.

• The Fever seek consecutive victories for the first time since May 20 and 24, 2017, when Indiana downed Connecticut and Los Angeles in home wins at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

• Against the Wings, Indiana scored at least 20 points in all four quarters for the first time this season.

• With Indiana’s triumph over Dallas, the Fever have beaten the current No. 2 (Atlanta), No. 3 (Minnesota), No. 4 (Los Angeles) and No. 8 (Dallas) teams in the WNBA standings, with two of them on the road.

• Cappie Pondexter scored the first eight points of the game versus Dallas and finished with a season-high 18 points. Pondexter has scored in double figures in seven of her 10 games with Indiana.

• Rookie Victoria Vivians connected on four 3-pointers and now has 50 for the season. With Kelsey Mitchell’s 59 3-point field goals, the duo are the second rookie pair in WNBA history to both record 50 or more in a season (Tonya Edwards, 66, and Katie Smith, 52, for Minnesota in 1999).

• Candice Dupree scored 12 points in the win over Dallas for the Fever. It is her sixth straight game scoring in double figures and she has scored in double digits in 19 of 27 games for Indiana.

• Natalie Achonwa grabbed five rebounds and moved into eighth place on the Fever list for career rebounds. She now has 454 rebounds.

• Historically speaking, the Liberty swept the series in the Fever’s first two years of existence, 2000-01, but not again until last season. The Libs have won five straight games in the series, their longest win streak since a 6-0 start to the series.