Indiana Fever (3-5) vs. Seattle Storm (5-2)

Date: Friday, June 9, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Site: Bankers Life Fieldhouse
TV: FOX Sports Indiana
Live Stream: FOX Sports Go app

Probable Starters
Fever: F- Marissa Coleman, F- Candice Dupree, C- Erlana Larkins, G- Tiffany Mitchell, G- Erica Wheeler
Storm: F- Alysha Clark, F- Breanna Stewart, C- Crystal Langhorne, G- Jewell Loyd, G- Sue Bird

The Fever finish their longest homestand of the season with their third and final matchup with the Seattle Storm on Friday night. The Storm took the first two matchups in the series this season in Seattle.

Candice Dupree has been a steady presence for the Fever in her debut season in Indianapolis. She’s averaging a team high 14.7 points per game on 50 percent shooting from the field, and has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games. However, her two lowest scoring totals with the Fever have come against Seattle, posting totals of eight and 11 points versus the Storm.

Injury Update
Indiana Fever guard Briann January (left Achilles tendon strain) will not play in tonight’s game against the Seattle Storm. Her injury status is day-to-day.

Stats & Storylines
• The Fever suffered their first home loss of the season in their first overtime contest, falling 98-90 to the Phoenix Mercury, Wednesday night. Erica Wheeler stepped in for an injured Briann January to score a career-high 24 points in a career-high 42 minutes off the bench, and Candice Dupree added a season-high 23 points in the defeat.

• It was the second time this season the Fever had two players score at least 20 points. The other time was the season-opener in Seattle, when Shenise Johnson scored a career-high 24 points and Briann January had 23.

• Breanna Stewart had a season-high 22 points and eight rebounds to help lead the Storm to their first road win of the year on Tuesday night, 85-76, against the San Antonio Stars. All five starters scored in double figures for Seattle, who has now won five of their last six.

• The Fever made 36 free throws against the Mercury, the second most in club history. Indiana shot 36-of-38 from the line, making its first 25 of the game. The Fever’s 88.5 percent free throw shooting is second in the WNBA and is on place for a club record, with previous games this season of 12-for-12 and 28-of-29.

• Fever free throw shooting is paced by Tiffany Mitchell who is third in the league with a mark of 96.8 percent. She has hit all eight attempts in the past two games and 26 in-a-row since May 20 against Connecticut. She hit a franchise-record 42 consecutive free throws at the end of her rookie campaign. Shenise Johnson, last year’s WNBA free throw champion, is fifth, converting on 94.1 percent of her attempts. She has converted 16 straight since a miss on her first attempt to begin the season, and 56-of-57 dating to July 15, 2016.

• Erlana Larkins (1,102 rebounds) needs 14 rebounds to pass Ebony Hoffman (1,115) for second place in team history.

• Marissa Coleman needs 22 points to reach 1,000 in her Fever career and 74 for 2,000 in her WNBA career.

• This game features some of the most efficient scorers in the league. Natalie Achonwa is the WNBA’s leader in field goal percentage, converting 70 percent of her shots. Seattle’s Crystal Langhorne is second (66.7 percent) and Alysha Clark is seventh (57.1 percent). Dupree is tied with Seattle’s Jewell Loyd for 13th, with the two shooting 50 percent.

• The Fever bench has provided a spark to the team so far this season, outscoring the opposing team’s bench in all eight games.

• The Fever are 3-0 when they turn the ball over 12 or fewer times, and 0-5 when they commit 13 or more turnovers, including a 21-turnover effort against Phoenix.

• Seattle assistant coach Gary Kloppenburg served two stints as an assistant coach with the Fever, from 2008 to 2011 and from 2015 to 2016. Player development coach and former Fever guard Tully Bevilaqua won a WNBA title in 2004 with the Storm.

• The Fever are 18-17 all-time against Seattle, including an 13-4 record at home. The Storm have won two straight in the series, defeating the Fever twice in Seattle this season. The Storm won the most recent matchup in Indiana, but the Fever won the previous eight at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

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