Indiana Fever (5-8) at Washington Mystics (6-7)

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Verizon Center (Washington, D.C.)
Television: MyIndy-TV 23
Webcast: Live webcast and stats can be accessed via WNBA League Pass on FeverBasketball.com

Probable Starters
Fever — F- Marissa Coleman, F-Tamika Catchings, C-Erlana Larkins, G- Shenise Johnson, G-Briann January
Liberty – F- Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, F- Emma Meesseman, C- Stefanie Dolson, G- Natasha Cloud, G- Tayler Hill

Storylines & Promotion

• In the first of three straight road games over the next week, the Indiana Fever tip off their road trip Wednesday night for the first matchup this season with the Washington Mystics at 7:00 p.m.

• Fans can catch all of Wednesday night’s action live as the game will air locally on MyINDY-TV 23 starting at 7:00 p.m.

• The Fever fell for the fourth time in the last five games as they suffered a 75-78 overtime loss to the New York Liberty in their last outing Sunday afternoon. Indiana has shot a combined 35 percent from the field over those four losses.

• Tamika Catchings scored 23 points for the second consecutive game in Sunday’s loss. She has now posted the three highest-scoring games by any Fever player this season, all coming in the last four games. Catchings scored a season-high 27 points against Seattle on June 12. She now leads the Fever with an average of 13.1 points per game.

• After moving into eighth place on the WNBA’s career three-point list last Friday, Catchings needs two triples to pass former Mystics guard Kara Lawson (584) into seventh place for most three-pointers made in a career.

• Erlana Larkins posted her third double-double of the season as she finished with 10 points and a season-high 15 rebounds in Sunday’s game. She is currently tied for sixth in the WNBA this season with an average of 8.1 rebounds per game, and has led the Fever in rebounding in 10 of the team’s 13 games.

• Larkins pulled down the 1,000th rebound of her WNBA career during Sunday’s game against New York.

• Briann January added 15 points and dished out five assists against the Liberty Sunday afternoon. She has led the Fever in assists in six of her eight appearances this season.

• Indiana will face a Mystics team that has won four of its last five games after beginning the season 2-6. In their last outing, the Mystics ran away with a 95-65 victory over the first-place Atlanta Dream Saturday night in Washington.

• With a solid mixture of veteran and young talent, Washington is led by fourth-year guard Tayler Hill, who is averaging 15.5 points per game. Center Emma Meesseman is averaging 15.4 points and a team-leading 6.5 rebounds per game.

Series
Washington took three of the five regular season meetings over Indiana last season. The Fever split the pair of road games at Washington as Indiana was able to steal a 73-62 road win over the Mystics last year on August 11. Indiana holds a 39-22 record over Washington in the series that dates back to the 2000 season. The Fever are 19-11 all-time on the road at Washington.