Indiana Fever (17-10) vs. Atlanta Dream (11-16)

Date: Friday, August 28, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Radio: None
Television: None
Webcast: Live webcast and stats can be accessed via WNBA Live Access on FeverBasketball.com. (Webcasts during games televised on FOX Sports Indiana may not be available in local market areas due to blackout restrictions.)

Storylines & Promotion

• The Indiana Fever (17-10) saw their six-game winning streak and eight-game home winning streak – both the third-longest marks in franchise history – come to a close as they fell, 79-81, to the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
• With Indiana’s next victory, head coach Stephanie White will set the record for the most regular season wins by a first-year head coach in Fever franchise history. Lin Dunn went 17-17 in her first season as head coach in the 2008 season.
• Indiana is looking to clinch its first winning record during the regular season for the first time since the 2012 campaign. With seven games to play, the Fever are five wins away from tying the franchise record for most wins in a season (2009, 2012).
• Indiana leads the WNBA in opponents turnovers while forcing 16.0 mistakes per game. In the last meeting against Atlanta, the Fever forced a season-high 26 turnovers.
• The Fever lead the WNBA in three-point shooting percentage and defensive three-point percentage. boasts three of the top four ranked three-point shooters in the league this season. Maggie Lucas leads all WNBA players this season while shooting 42.4 percent from three-point range. Three other players are ranked in the top 15 in the league; Briann January ranks fourth at 41.5 percent, Shenise Johnson is fifth at 41.0 percent and Marissa Coleman checks in at 15th at 37.6 percent.
• With 9:05 left in the third quarter of Wednesday’s game against Los Angeles, Tamika Catchings became the first player in WNBA history to record 1,000 career steals.
• Shenise Johnson crossed the 1,000 career-point mark in the second quarter against the Sparks on Wednesday.
• Shavonte Zellous moved past Ebony Hoffman (1,494 points) into fifth place on Indiana’s career scoring list on Wednesday.

Coors Light Cold Hard Fact

Probable Starters
Fever – F-Tamika Catchings, F-Marissa Coleman, C-Lynetta Kizer, G-Shenise Johnson, G-Briann January
Dream – F- Angel McCoughtry, F- Damiris Dantas, C- Sancho Lyttle, G-Tiffany Hayes, G-Shoni Schimmel

Last Meeting
(August 7, 2015) The Fever recorded the second-highest scoring total in franchise history and tied the WNBA season high as they exploded for 106 points and cruised to their largest win of the season, a 29-point victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Fever set franchise recorded with 40 free throws on 44 attempts on the night. Led by Marissa Coleman with 19 points, five Fever players scored in double figures as Indiana bucked a trend in which the road team in the series had won each of the previous six games.

Last Games
Fever: (August 26, 2015) Los Angeles guard Ana Dabovic sank a step-back jumper from the foul line over the defending Briann January with 6.1 seconds as the Sparks snapped Indiana’s six-game winning streak with an 81-79 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Wednesday night. The Fever led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but the Sparks used an 8-0 run late in the third quarter to take control and built their lead to as many as seven, 78-71, midway through the fourth. Indiana clawed back as January connected on a three-pointer after an offensive rebound to the game at 79 with 28.9 seconds remaining. Shavonte Zellous had a chance to tie the game with two free throws with 1.9 seconds left, but saw the first one rim out as the Fever could not corral the offensive board and fell for the first time in eight tries at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Dabovic finished with a game-high 18 points while Candace Parker starred with 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists on the night. Shenise Johnson scored her 1,000th career point and led the Fever with 16.

Dream: (August 25, 2015) Atlanta led wire-to-wire and led by as many as 23 points as they cruised to a 71-57 home victory over Connecticut on Tuesday. The Dream shot just 39 percent from the field, but held Connecticut to just 19 field goals and 30 percent shooting in the win. Sancho Lyttle paced Atlanta with 17 points and seven rebounds

Series
Indiana ended a three-game home losing streak to Atlanta with a 106-77 win over the Dream on August 7. That win ended a six-game trend in which the road team in the Indiana-Atlanta series had won every game. The all-time series dating back to the 2008 season is now tied at 16-16.