Indiana Fever (2-19) vs Phoenix Mercury (14-8)

Date: Sunday, July 15, 2018
Time: 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Bankers Life Fieldhouse
TV: MyINDY-TV 23, NBA TV
Live Stream: WNBA League Pass

Probable Starters
Fever: F- Candice Dupree, C- Natalie Achonwa, G- Erica Wheeler, G- Cappie Pondexter, G- Victoria Vivians
Mercury: F- Camille Little, F- DeWanna Bonner, C- Brittney Griner, G- Diana Taurasi, G- Briann January

The Indiana Fever hope to halt a three-game losing skid while searching for their third win of the season, at the same time extend the Phoenix Mercury’s own three-game losing streak.

Indiana lost at Atlanta on Friday, falling 98-74 after leading by 10 in the first period. The Dream outscored the Fever 30-7 in a pivotal second quarter, then put their foot on the gas for another 33 points in the third. Tiffany Hayes scored 16 points to pace seven double-digit scorers for Atlanta. Tiffany Mitchell came off the bench for the first time in 2018 to match a season-high 17 points to lead Indiana.

The second-place Mercury fell at Connecticut, 91-87 on Friday, despite 28 points from Diana Taurasi.

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

Storylines & Promotion

• Indiana saw a double-digit lead disappear while watching Atlanta race to a 98-74 win Friday. Tiffany Mitchell came off the bench for the first time to match a season scoring high with 17 points, and Erica Wheeler started for the first time since June 10 to score 15. But after the Fever shot 10-of-20 overall in the first period, Indiana shot just 17-of-48 (.354) the rest of the way while surrendering 57 percent shooting by the Dream.

• Indiana deployed its fifth different starting lineup of the season at Atlanta, inserting Cappie Pondexter into the starting rotation for the first time since she joined the club July 1. Fourth-year veteran Erica Wheeler made a return to the starting backcourt while rookie Kelsey Mitchell and third-year star Tiffany Mitchell saw minutes off the bench.

• Indiana continues a stretch with seven games in 14 days, playing at home Sunday, after games last week on Wednesday and Friday. The Fever resumes the compressed slate next week with road bouts at Minnesota (18th), Los Angeles (20th) and Las Vegas (22nd). The Fever host Seattle (24th) prior to the WNBA All-Star Break.

• Sunday’s game is the 400th of Candice Dupree’s career. She ranks 23rd among WNBA all-time leaders in games played, one shy of Washington’s Monique Currie (400, 22nd) and four behind teammate Cappie Pondexter (403, 20th). Michelle Show is 21st with 402 games played.

• Dupree (5,840 points; 2,385 field goals) is one point shy of matching Becky Hammon (5,841 points) on the league’s all-time scoring chart. Similarly, she needs just one field goal to pass Tamika Catchings (2,385) on the WNBA career list for field goals made. Pondexter is fourth on the scoring chart (6,679), just behind Catchings (7,380); and third on the list for field goals (2,393).

• Similarly, Pondexter (1,439 free throws) needs two free throws to pass Katie Smith (1,440) in fifth place on the WNBA career list.

• Indiana’s Victoria Vivians-Kelsey Mitchell rookie tandem sports 89 3-pointers through 21 games, already third in league history by a pair of rookies on the same team.