Indiana (12-9) at Washington (13-8)

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Verizon Center (Washington D.C.)
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

• The Fever (12-9) begin a four-game road swing this Tuesday beginning with the second-place team in the East, the Washington Mystics (13-8). With the top five teams in the East separated by just three games, Indiana can force the Mystics into a third-place tie with a road win Tuesday.
• The Mystics currently own a 2-1 series lead over Indiana this season, with Tuesday’s game and another on Sept. 8 the final matchups of 2015. The Mystics will clinch the series on Tuesday if the Fever does not force a deciding fifth game.
• Last time out, Indiana defeated Atlanta 106-77, which was its fourth win in five games and its seventh straight at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The home win streak matches similar streaks in 2006 and 2010, tied as the third-longest in franchise history.
• Indiana set team records for free throws made in a game (40) and attempted (44) and also scored 59 points in the second half, tying the team’s largest scoring total in any half in franchise history.
• The Fever’s 29-point win marked their largest margin of victory this season and the largest since they defeated the Connecticut Sun, 95-61, on June 21, 2012.
• The win was just the sixth time Indiana has scored 100 or more points in a game in regular season history and the first since August 13, 2010 against Phoenix. Indiana’s 106 points matched Chicago for the most in the WNBA this season while representing the second-highest regular season mark in Fever history.
• During Indiana’s seven-game home winning streak, the Fever have averaged 85.7 points per game, shot 47.5 percent from the field and outscored their opponents by an average of 15.7 points per game.
• Shenise Johnson has now scored in double figures in six straight games and 10 of her last 11 appearances overall. She ranks second in the league in 3-point field goal percentage shooting 43.2 percent from beyond the arc.
• Fever rookie Natalie Achonwa is representing her native Canada this week in the FIBA Americas Championships. She expects to rejoin the club at Los Angeles, Aug. 18, during the club’s West Coast road trip.
• Not since the Fever’s first season in 2000 has Indiana played as many games decided by 20 points or more. Through 21 games this year, 13 have been decided by margins of 10 or more. The Fever own a 7-6 record in games decided by double digits. They are 5-3 in games decided by 1-9 points.
• Tamika Catchings will pass Tina Thompson (3,070 rebounds) as the No. 2 rebounder in WNBA history with just seven more rebounds. With just six more assists, Catchings will become the seventh player in WNBA history – and the first over 6-feet – with 1,400 career assists. Already the WNBA career leader in steals, Catchings needs just 13 steals to become the ONLY player in league history to reach 1,000.

Probable Starters
Fever – F-Tamika Catchings, F-Marissa Coleman, C-Erlana Larkins, G-Shenise Johnson, G-Briann January
Mystics – F- Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, F- Emma Meesseman, C-Stefanie Dolson, G-Natasha Cloud, G-Ivory Latta

Last Meeting
(July 17, 2015) Indiana’s five-game win streak was snapped with a loss at Washington, 68-50. The Mystics took over in the third quarter, as Stefanie Dolson’s jumper and follow-up at the end of the period gave them a 22-point lead. The Fever managed just six points in the quarter and never recovered. Marissa Coleman led Indiana with 11 points and Lynetta Kizer added 10. Emma Meesseman and LaToya Sanders scored 14 points apiece for Washington.

Last Games
Fever: (August 7, 2015) Marissa Coleman scored 19 points to lead five Indiana players in double figures as the Fever routed the Atlanta Dream 106-77 last Friday. Tamika Catchings added 18 points, Shenise Johnson 15, Lynetta Kizer 11 and Briann January 10 for the Fever, who broke away from Atlanta early in the second quarter. The Dream, in last place in the East, were hurt by turnovers, committing 26. Angel McCoughtry scored 23 points to lead Atlanta.

Mystics: (August 9, 2015) Stefanie Dolson scored 21 points and Taylor Hill added 20 on Sunday as the Washington Mystics downed the Connecticut Sun 84-73. The Mystics opened a 34-22 advantage by intermission and stretched the lead to 55-38 starting the final quarter. Washington shot 49 percent from the floor, including 64 percent (6-of-11) from 3-point range, with Hill connecting on 4-of-5. Kelsey Bone scored 19 points for the visiting Sun, and Shekinna Stricklen contributed 16.

Series
Washington leads the season series 2-1 going into Tuesday’s game, but Indiana holds an overall record of 38-21 and 18-11 at Verizon Center. The Fever snapped a three-game regular season road winning streak against the Mystics in a 68-50 loss before the All-Star break on July 17. Indiana limited the Mystics to a season-low 50 points in the last matchup July 2, including just 16 points in the second half – the lowest mark allowed in one half in franchise history. The Fever swept the Mystics during the Eastern Conference Semifinals series last year.