Indiana Fever (6-7) at Chicago Sky (3-10)

Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Time: 12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
TV: none
Live Stream: Twitter, WNBA League Pass

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

The Fever return to Allstate Arena on Wednesday for their second matchup this season with the Chicago Sky. Indiana won its first road game with a 91-79 victory on June 18.

When these teams met 10 days ago, Indiana erased a 10-point third-quarter deficit and raced to a 12-point win, their largest margin of the season. The Fever set a franchise record with just four turnovers, matching the second-lowest total in WNBA history. The limited turnovers helped produce 80 shot attempts, a team record for a regulation game. Meanwhile, Indiana forced the Sky into 18 turnovers.

Storylines & Promotion
• The Fever fell to the Los Angeles Sparks 84-73 on Saturday night. Candice Dupree scored 14 points, with Briann January and Erica Wheeler adding 13 each. The Fever retired Fever legend Tamika Catchings’ No. 24 jersey at halftime.

• The game featured the debut of a new-look starting five, with Wheeler and January in the backcourt together.

• Chicago is still seeking its first home win, as the Sky fell to the Washington Mystics 97-63, Sunday night. Allie Quigley scored 18 points and hit four 3-pointers, and Stefanie Dolson added 12 points.

• Chicago’s Cappie Pondexter leads the league in minutes per game with 33.8. Dupree leads the Fever and is ninth in the WNBA with 32.2 per contest. Quigley is right behind her with 32.1 minutes per game.

• The Fever have kept their opponents off the foul stripe over the past three games allowing just 12.3 FTM and 15.0 FTA per contest. Indiana has committed just 15 fouls per game in that stretch, with a season-low 14 against Atlanta.

• Tiffany Mitchell set a Fever record last season with 42 consecutive makes from the free throw line. She has an active streak of 40 straight conversions, dating to May 20 against Connecticut, and ranks first in the league with a 97.8 percent conversion rate.

• The Fever’s 87.2 percent free throw shooting is second-best in the WNBA, and is on place for a club record. Mitchell is first, and Shenise Johnson, last year’s WNBA free throw champion, is third in the league with a 92.9 percent mark.

• The team is second in the league in fewest turnovers per game, giving up the ball just 12.1 times per game. Indiana is 5-1 in games where it commits fewer than 12 turnovers.

• Indiana is 3-1 against fellow Eastern Conference teams this season, the second-best percentage in the conference.

• Marissa Coleman needs one point to become the 11th player to reach 1,000 in a Fever career. She needs 53 points 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. Coach Pokey Chatman and her two assistant coaches, Steven Key and Jessie Miller, have all been with the Sky. Quigley played for Indiana in the 2010 season, appearing in three games. Chicago’s Jessica Breland has starred with the Fever, playing in 30 games in 2013.

• The Fever are 33-13 against the Chicago Sky all-time, including a 11-5 record at Allstate Arena. The Fever have won the past three games in the series, including the June 18 bout in Chicago.