Indiana Fever vs Dallas Wings
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 4 p.m. ET
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Broadcast Information
Bally Sports Indiana
Pat Boylan (play-by-play), Bria Goss (analyst)

The Indiana Fever (5-13) return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday at 4 p.m. after a two-game road trip to take on the Dallas Wings. The two teams met in Indianapolis for a preseason game back on May 13 with the Fever winning, 90-83. Sunday will be the first of three matchups between the Fever and Wings in the regular season.

Last time out for Indiana was a 96-88 loss against the Washington Mystics at Entertainment and Sports Arena on Friday. Indiana was led in scoring by Lexie Hull for the first time this season as she recorded a career-high 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. Hull also pulled down six rebounds and dished out three assists. Indiana shot a season- best 55.0 percent (33-of-60) from the court with the additional help of NaLyssa Smith, who recorded 19 points, Kelsey Mitchell’s 18 points and Aliyah Boston’s 12 points. Erica Wheeler distributed seven of Indiana’s 24 assists, which tied the team’s season-high for assists in a single game.

This year’s All-Star starter Boston as a part of Team Wilson will take the Gainbridge Fieldhouse floor for the first time since being recognized as the WNBA Rookie of the Month in June, which was her second consecutive Rookie of the Month nod. In 11 games during June, Boston averaged 15.1 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per contest, and recorded career-highs in: scoring (25 points), rebounds (14), assists (6), blocks (4) and steals (3). Boston has consistently led the league in field goal percentage, shooting 62.1 percent (105-169) from the floor through the first 18 games of her career. This year’s No. 1 overall draft pick also continues to lead all 2023 rookies in scoring (14.8 ppg), rebounding (8.4 rpg), blocked shots (1.4 bpg) and minutes played (30.6 mpg) per game.

In addition, Indiana will have another All-Star take the floor in Las Vegas later this week as Mitchell was named to her first WNBA All-Star Game as a reserve and will be a part of Team Stewart. The sixth-year guard enters Sunday’s matchup averaging 17.0 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per contest.

On the opposing side, the Wings (9-9) bring along two of their own WNBA All-Star starters in Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally. Ogunbowale will join Boston on Team Wilson and currently ranks fourth in the league in scoring averaging 21.4 points per game, while also averaging 4.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Sabally follows her in the scoring column as she is averaging 18.1 points per game and is ranked fourth in the WNBA in rebounding averaging 9.6 rebounds per contest. The Wings rank first in rebounding in the WNBA, averaging 39.4 rebounds per game, while Indiana follows behind in fourth averaging 35.4 rebounds per game.

Dallas comes to Indiana after a win against the Las Vegas Aces on Friday night. Natasha Howard made two free throws with less than one second to play and the Wings handed the Aces just its second loss, pulling out an 80-78 win. Getting the ball with 14.2 seconds remaining, the Wings grabbed three offensive rebounds after Sabally missed the initial shot from the right wing. Teaira McCowan had the first two rebounds but Wilson blocked her first shot and McCowan missed the second, but Howard was there for the rebound and was fouled with 0.4 on the clock.

Probable Starters

Indiana Fever (5-12)

Indiana Fever (5-13)

Guard – Kelsey Mitchell (17.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.9 apg)
Guard – Erica Wheeler (8.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 5.2 apg)
Guard – Lexie Hull (5.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.2 spg)
Forward – NaLyssa Smith (15.6 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 1.4 apg)
Center – Aliyah Boston (14.8 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 1.4 bpg)

Dallas Wings (9-9)

Guard – Crystal Dangerfield (9.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.0 apg)
Guard – Arike Ogunbowale (21.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.4 apg)
Forward – Satou Sabally (18.1 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.5 apg)
Forward – Natasha Howard (17.4 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.2 bpg)
Center – Teaira McCowan (9.9 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.0 apg)

Game Status Report

Indiana: No injuries
Dallas: TBA