INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell was named the WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week, the league announced today. Mitchell’s second career Player of the Week recognition makes her the second Fever player this season, joining Aliyah Boston, to earn Player of the Week honors.
From August 18-27, Mitchell averaged 23.3 points and 4.8 assists per game, while shooting 47.7 percent (31-of-65) from the floor and 11-of-26 from 3-point range. In Thursday’s home win against the Seattle Storm, Mitchell finished with a season-high 36 points. Mitchell shot 10-of-20 shooting from the floor and made a career-high 12 free throws for the second most points scored in a regular season game in franchise history. It was also Mitchell’s fourth career game scoring at least 30 points.
In last Sunday’s road win at the Phoenix Mercury, Mitchell’s 28 points guided her past 3,000 career points. She became the 21st player in league history, and the second fastest, to hit the 3,000 point threshold while also recording 400 made 3-pointers and 500 assists, per Across the Timeline. Mitchell also went 5-for-10 from 3-point range and dished out four assists against Phoenix.
Mitchell enters the week fifth in the WNBA in made 3-point field goals this season with 85. She leads the Fever in points per game (17.8 ppg) in the highest scoring season of her career at 624 points recorded so far. Mitchell also averages the fifth most minutes played in the WNBA this year at 33.4 mpg.
Mitchell and the Fever return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday at 7 p.m. ET against the Dallas Wings. Friday’s game will be broadcast on ION.