Indiana Fever (5-6) at Chicago Sky (2-8)

Date: Sunday, June 18, 2017
Time: 6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
TV: none
Live Stream: WNBA League Pass

Probable Starters
Fever: F- Marissa Coleman, F- Candice Dupree, C- Erlana Larkins, G- Shenise Johnson, G- Erica Wheeler
Sky: F- Jessica Breland, F- Tamera Young, C- Stefanie Dolson, G- Allie Quigley, G- Cappie Pondexter

The Fever travel to Chicago to take on the Sky for the first time this season. The Fever are still seeking their first road win of the season.

The game will be Fever coach Pokey Chatman’s first against Chicago since departing the Sky after six seasons as head coach and general manager. Assistant coach Jessie Miller came with Chatman from Chicago to Indiana this season. In addition, assistant coach Steven Key served as Chicago’s head coach and general manager for the three years prior to Chatman’s tenure, and was a Sky assistant coach in the franchise’s first two years.

Storylines & Promotion
• The Fever earned their fifth home win of the year, Thursday, with an 85-74 victory over the Atlanta Dream. Erica Wheeler led all scorers with 20 points, and added a season-high seven assists. Tiffany Mitchell added 14 points off the bench for the Fever, all coming in the second half. The win was the first by double-digits this season for Indiana.

• The Fever had their best field-goal percentage of the season against Atlanta, making 54 percent of their shots. When Indiana outshoots their opponent, the Fever are 3-0. Conversely, Indiana limited the Dream to 37 percent shooting, the worst this season by an Indiana opponent.

• Jazmon Gwathmey scored nine points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds in the win.

• Indiana earned their first win by double digits against Atlanta, but has performed well in close games this season, posting a record of 4-2 in games decided by less than 10 points.

• The Sky lost 86-78 at Phoenix on Friday night. Allie Quigley scored 19 points to pace Chicago and Jessica Breland added 18. Quigley and Breland both played previously with Indiana.

• Candice Dupree (2,443 rebounds) is 11th on the WNBA career rebounding list, and needs two rebounds to pass former Fever star Yolanda Griffith (2,444) in 10th place, and five rebounds to pass retired Seattle legend Lauren Jackson (2,447) in 9th.

• The Fever bench has provided a spark this season, outscoring the opposing team’s bench in all 11 games. Mitchell and Wheeler, the team’s second and third-leading scorers, respectively, have done so primarily as reserves.

• The Fever held Atlanta to 74 points on 37.5 percent from the field, both of which are season-bests for Indiana’s defense. Chicago is the third-lowest scoring team in the WNBA with 76.7 points per game.

• The Fever’s 86.5 percent free throw shooting remains second in the WNBA and is on place for a club record. The team is 4-1 when they shoot more free throws than their opponent. Chicago is last in the league in free throw attempts per game, taking just 17.7 per game.

• The team is also fourth in the WNBA in field-goal percentage, shooting 44.8 percent.

• Fever free throw shooting is paced by Tiffany Mitchell who is second in the league with a mark of 97.6 percent. She has hit 36 in-a-row since May 20 against Connecticut, the third-longest streak in franchise history. She hit a team-record 42 consecutive free throws at the end of her rookie campaign. Shenise Johnson, last year’s WNBA free throw champion, is seventh, converting on 91.3 percent of her attempts.

• The Fever are 3-1 when they grab more rebounds than their opponent, as opposed to just 2-5 when they don’t.

• Erlana Larkins (1,110 rebounds) needs six rebounds to pass Ebony Hoffman (1,115) for second place in team history among career rebounders.

• Marissa Coleman needs eight points to reach 1,000 in her Fever career and 60 for 2,000 in her WNBA career.

• Dupree was the Sky’s first-ever draft choice in 2006, and made three All-Star teams in four seasons with the club. Sky guard Allie Quigley played for Indiana in the 2010 season, appearing in three games. Chicago’s Jessica Breland has also suited up for the Fever, playing in 30 games in 2013.

• All-Star voting is now open, and several Fever players are likely to receive votes. Erica Wheeler is averaging 19.5 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.5 rebounds while shooting 50 percent, over the past four games. Dupree leads the Fever in scoring and rebounding with 14.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Mitchell is averaging 11.5 points and 2.6 rebounds off the bench. Learn how to vote at FeverBasketball.com/vote »»

• The Fever are 32-13 against the Chicago Sky all-time, including a 10-5 record at Allstate Arena. The Fever have won the past two games in the series, but Chicago won the previous four.

• Briann January has missed the past three games with a left Achilles tendon strain, sustained in the opening moments of last Wednesday’s bout with Phoenix. She remains day-to-day. For the Sky, rookie Alaina Coates has yet to play this season due to an ankle injury.