INDIANAPOLIS – In the largest comeback win of the season, the Indiana Fever (11-24) overcame a 12-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Dream, 83-80, on Sunday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Fever have now won three consecutive games for the first time since 2021.

Kristy Wallace guided the Fever to Sunday night’s win with a career-high 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor. Wallace totaled a new career best six 3-pointers on eight attempts and scored 12 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting clip from beyond the arc, including two made in the final 30 seconds of the game.

Despite Atlanta taking its largest lead of the game roughly three minutes into the final quarter, Indiana quickly recovered and eliminated the 12-point deficit with a 17-4 run fueled by Wallace. Her fourth quarter scoring output, along with Grace Berger’s seven points allowed Indiana to take the final lead of the game with 8.4 seconds remaining. Indiana shot 55.6 percent (10-of-18) from the floor and outscored Atlanta, 29-22, in the fourth quarter.

Kelsey Mitchell followed behind with 14 points and a team-high six assists. Berger added 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting in her fifth double-figures scoring game of the season, while also dishing out three assists.

Fever rookie center Aliyah Boston added nine points, nine rebounds and four steals prior to exiting the game midway through the third quarter with a right thumb injury. With her second field goal of the night in the first quarter, Boston notched her 500th career point and concluded the 35th game of her rookie season with 506 points.

Emma Cannon came off the bench to contribute nine points and shot 5-of-5 from the charity stripe.

To start the game, Atlanta took a quick lead with the help of an 8-0 scoring run, but a layup from Boston at the 6:32 mark soon halted Atlanta’s momentum and allowed the Fever to use a 19-8 scoring run to take a six-point advantage. Boston notched nine points on 4-of-5 shooting in the first quarter while also pulling down five rebounds, and Mitchell added seven points on 3-of-5 shooting from the court. Indiana led at the conclusion of the first frame, 23-18.

As the Fever held Atlanta to 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from the floor, Indiana raced ahead with a 17-6 scoring run that allowed it to take a 16-point lead. Smith guided the Fever through the quarter as she netted eight points on 4-of-5 shooting to go along with seven rebounds, while Fever reserves Cannon, Berger, Amanda Zahui B and Victoria Vivians collectively outscored the Dream reserves, 15-5, in the first half. Indiana tied a season-best for largest lead at the half with a 10-point advantage going into halftime, 47-37.

The Fever recorded the lowest scoring quarter of the season in the third frame after shooting 3-of-16 from the floor. Atlanta started a 21-5 scoring run at the 7:55 mark that was capped off with a layup from Naz Hillmon at the buzzer, giving the Dream a 58-54 lead at the end of the frame.

For Atlanta, the Dream were led by Cheyenne Parker’s double-double of 24 points on 9-of-18 shooting and 10 rebounds. Rhyne Howard notched 17 points and pulled down six rebounds to go along with three assists and two steals. Allisha Gray added 13 points and four assists, while Naz Hillmon came off the bench to record 12 points and eight rebounds.

Indiana held Atlanta to 37.7 percent (26-of-69) shooting from the court. Atlanta shot 4-of-16 from 3-point range on the night as well.

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The Fever host the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday at 7 p.m. ET. Friday’s game will be broadcast on ION.