Game Preview: Fever Battle Sky In Their First Home Game At Indiana Farmers Coliseum

Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 3:47 AM

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The Chicago Sky visit Indiana for the only time during the 2021 regular season as the Fever schedule opens at Indiana Farmers Coliseum today. After winning the first two games of the 2021 season, Chicago dropped the last seven games heading into Wednesday’s win against the Fever. The Sky have won eight of the last 10 meetings, including both games last season at IMG Academy in the ‘Wubble’, as well as Wednesday’s matchup, 92-76.

The Fever host Seattle twice at Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Tuesday and Thursday. Tickets for both games are still available and fans across the state, as well as in Kentucky and Ohio, can also tune in for Fever games this year at FeverBasketball.com and the team’s official Facebook page. Both games are set to tip at 7 p.m. ET.

Injury Report 
Fever: Betti Határ (out; right ankle), Aaliyah Wilson (out; left foot)
Sky: None

Last Meeting
August 31, 2020: The Chicago Sky held on in the fourth quarter to snap a seven-game losing streak with a 92-76 win against the Indiana Fever.

After trailing by as much as 17 in the first half, Indiana reduced the Chicago lead to 62-58 just before the end of the third quarter in Wednesday’s Commissioner’s Cup matchup, but the Sky closed the quarter on a 7-0 run heading into the quarter break. Saturday’s game will also be a Commissioner’s Cup game.

Kelsey Mitchell led all scorers with a season-high 24 points on 9-of-18 shooting and going 6-of-10 from beyond the arc. Wednesday was the sixth time in Mitchell’s career she scored at least 18 points in any half of a game. Mitchell has now scored in double figures in eight of 11 games this season.

Tiffany Mitchell also set a new season-high with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting and a 6-of-6 clip from the free throw line. Indiana as a team was also perfect from the charity stripe going 10-of-10 on the night. Wednesday was the fifth time in her career Mitchell scored at least 20 points in a game.

Lindsay Allen dished out one more assist to add to her league-leading assist-to-turnover ratio, which is now 23 assists to only five turnovers this season.

In the first meeting, Courtney Vandersloot led the Sky with 17 points and a game-high nine assists. Candace Parker returned to make her Chicago Sky home debut on Wednesday, but was held to only three points and five rebounds.

Broadcast Information
Livestream: FeverBasketball.com, Indiana Fever Facebook Page and Amazon Prime
Pat Boylan (play-by-play), Bria Goss (analyst)