Chicago Sky (3-2) at Indiana Fever (4-3)
Date: Saturday, June 15th
Time: 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Site: Bankers Life Fieldhouse
TV: Fox Sports Indiana (FSI)
Live Stream: FoxSportsGo.com and WNBALeaguePass.com
The Indiana Fever host the Chicago Sky at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday night. Indiana snapped a two-game losing streak with a victory in Dallas on Thursday and is now 4-3. Chicago picked up an 82-75 win over the Phoenix Mercury Tuesday to move to 3-2 on the season.
Candice Dupree led all scorers with 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting in the Fever’s win over the Wings. Kelsey Mitchell hit four 3-pointers and added 18 points. Diamond DeShields went 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and scored a team-high 25 points for the Sky in their victory on Tuesday. Courtney Vandersloot contributed 17 points and eight assists.
Probable Starters
Fever: F – Betnijah Laney, F – Candice Dupree, C – Natalie Achonwa, G – Kelsey Mitchell, G – Erica Wheeler
Sky: F – Diamond DeShields, F – Jantel Lavender, C – Stefanie Dolson, G – Allie Quigley, G – Courtney Vandersloot
NOTES
- Indiana and Chicago have split their last six meetings with the Sky taking two of the three games last season. The Fever lead the all-time series 35-16.
- Chicago has won the last three matchups inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The road team has won the last six games between these teams.
- The Fever have a winning record seven games into a season for the first time since 2014.
- The win in Dallas on Thursday put Indiana in a tie for fifth place. It is the team’s highest rise in the standings under head coach Pokey Chatman.
- The Fever have used the same starting lineup in each of their first seven games. It is the longest a single lineup has been used to start an Indiana season since Natasha Howard, Marissa Coleman, Erlana Larkins, Briann January and Shavonte Zellous started the 2014 season with a 7-5 mark through 12 games.
- Natalie Achonwa (11 points, 10 rebounds) recorded her second double-double of the season on Thursday. It was Indiana’s fourth double-double in its last four games.
- Achonwa finished 4-of-7 from the field, shooting over 50 percent for the sixth straight game. Achonwa has the third-highest field goal percentage (.604) in the WNBA among qualified players as of June 13.
- Kelsey Mitchell knocked down four of her 11 3-point attempts against the Wings, marking the fifth game in a row Mitchell’s hit multiple 3-pointers. Her 18 makes from beyond the arc this season led the WNBA through games on June 13.
- Tiffany Mitchell’s 13.3 points per game are the most of any WNBA player coming off the bench through games on June 13. Mitchell and teammate Kennedy Burke are the only reserves in the league averaging at least 11 points per game.
- The Fever went 14-of-15 from the free throw line in their win over the wings. Indiana has shot 88 percent or better from the charity stripe in each of its last four games.
- Through its first seven games, Indiana has six players averaging at least 11 points per game. As of June 13, no other team in the WNBA had more than four.
- A win against Chicago would be the Fever’s third victory at home, surpassing their total from last season. It would also give the team five wins in its first eight games for the first time since 2012, when Indiana won the WNBA championship.