Indiana (15-9) vs. Seattle Storm (7-19)

Date: Friday, August 21, 2015
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT)
Site: KeyArena (Seattle, WA)
Radio: 107.5/1070 The Fan
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 Fever look to set a new franchise record with their fourth consecutive road victory in Friday’s matchup with the Seattle Storm. Indiana has matched its franchise record of three straight road wins twice this season, and 11 times overall.
• The Fever enter Friday’s contest as one of the hottest teams in the WNBA. Indiana has won four straight overall, 7 of 8 and 12 of 15 since beginning the year 3-6. Fever coach Stephanie White has positioned herself as a top candidate for the WNBA’s Coach of the Year award, guiding a team without a recognized MVP candidate and utilizing eight different starting lineups due to injuries and absences.
• During the team’s current four-game winning streak, the Fever have averaged 83.3 points per game while holding opponents to 67.5 points per game. Indiana has shot 42.4 percent from the field and 90.9 percent from the foul line over that span.
• Indiana won at Los Angeles for the first time since 2010, snapping its seven-game losing streak in the series.
• With a 7-5 record away from home this season, Indiana needs two road wins to tie the franchise record for most road victories in a season (2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014).
• The Fever have sole possession of second place in the Eastern Conference. Indiana returns home to host the first place New York Liberty on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 6:00 p.m. The contest marks the first of three consecutive home games for the Fever.
• Tamika Catchings moved into second place on the WNBA’s career rebounding list in the victory at Phoenix. In addition, Briann January moved past Tammy Sutton-Brown into third place on Indiana’s career scoring list.
• The Fever bench has outscored its opponents in 13 of their 15 wins this season and 18 of 24 games overall. Indiana currently leads the WNBA in bench scoring.
• Friday’s game pits the WNBA’s top two rookie scorers, Seattle’s Jewell Loyd and Indiana’s Natalie Achonwa, who also were Notre Dame teammates from 2011-14. Achonwa was a first-round draft pick of the Fever in 2014 despite an ACL injury that forced her to miss last season. Loyd was the league’s top draft pick in 2015.

Probable Starters
Fever – F- Tamika Catchings, F- Marissa Coleman, C- Lynetta Kizer, G- Shenise Johnson, G- Briann January
Storm – F- Alysha Clark, F- Ramu Tokashiki, C-Crystal Langhorne, G-Jewell Loyd, G-Sue Bird

Last Meeting
(July 8, 2015) Lynetta Kizer scored a then-season-high 17 points and Indiana rolled over the Seattle Storm 88-65 for the Fever’s third straight win. Marissa Coleman had 15 points and Tamika Catchings added 12 for the Fever, who shot 50 percent. Jewell Loyd scored 15 points and Abby Bishop added 12 for the Storm. Led by 13 points from Kizer and 11 by Coleman, the Fever raced to a 53-35 halftime lead, the most points Indiana has scored in a half this season.

Last Games
Fever: (August 18, 2015) Tamika Catchings had 20 points and seven rebounds to help the Indiana Fever beat the Los Angeles Sparks 79-68 on Tuesday night. Briann January added 16 points for Indiana and Marissa Coleman had 14. Catchings hit a 3-pointer to cap Indiana’s 11-0 run to start the third quarter, cutting its deficit to 44-41. Los Angeles opened the fourth quarter on an 8-3 run for a 58-57 lead. But Indiana scored the next six as Los Angeles went scoreless for nearly 3 minutes. Candace Parker had 25 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and a franchise-record eight steals for Los Angeles.

Storm: (August 16, 2015) Jewell Loyd had 18 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Ramu Tokashiki added 13 points and a career-high nine rebounds to help the Seattle Storm beat the San Antonio Stars 72-63 on Sunday night.
Sue Bird had13 points and five assists for Seattle. A pair of free throws by Danielle Robinson gave San Antonio a 59-57 lead with 5:03 remaining, but the Stars made just 2 of 7 field goals down the stretch as Seattle closed the game on a 15-4 run. Kayla McBride scored 19 points for San Antonio.

Series
Including an 88-65 victory over the Storm on July 8 in Indianapolis, the Fever have won seven of the last eight matchups overall in the series. Indiana is looking to sweep the season series over Seattle for the third time in the last four seasons. Indiana leads the overall series 15-14, but the Storm boast an 11-3 lead at home.