Kelsey Mitchell scored 23 factors because the short-handed Indiana Fever rode their 3-point taking pictures to an 85-76 victory towards the visiting Washington Mystics on Tuesday night time.
Lexie Hull added 14 factors and Aliyah Boston had 10 for the Fever, who performed with out injured guards Caitlin Clark, who missed her third consecutive sport due to a strained left quad, and Sophie Cunningham, who was sidelined by a leg damage suffered in a loss to Connecticut on Friday.
The Fever (3-4) avenged a six-point street loss to the Mystics final Wednesday by making 11-of-28 3-point makes an attempt. In the meantime, the Mystics (3-5) went 1-for-10. Indiana made six of its 3-pointers whereas outscoring Washington 31-21 within the third quarter to take management.
Kiki Iriafen had 20 factors and 9 rebounds, Brittney Sykes scored 20, Sonia Citron had 13 and Shakira Austin added 10 for the Mystics.
Mitchell, Lexie Hull and Sydney Colson every made a 3-pointer as Indiana started the third quarter with a 13-7 burst to take a 51-41 lead. One other 3-pointer by Hull pushed the result in 58-45 earlier than Sykes transformed a three-point play.
The Fever completed the third quarter on an 11-7 run that left them with a 69-55 lead.
Sykes had eight factors as Washington scored the primary 12 of the fourth quarter to get inside two. Boston’s layup with 5:49 to go stopped the run.
Citron’s layup with 3:42 left pulled the Mystics inside one level, however the Fever scored the subsequent six to revive a seven-point benefit with 1:28 to play.
On the outset, Damiris Dantas made two 3-pointers throughout a 10-0 run that gave Indiana a 17-10 lead. Iriafen’s driving layup and Emily Engstler’s pair of baskets helped Washington shut inside 19-18 on the finish of the primary quarter.
The Mystics scored the primary 4 factors of the second quarter earlier than Boston’s layup produced the Fever’s first factors. That was the primary of 4 consecutive discipline objectives for Boston, which gave the Fever a 27-26 lead.
Washington scored the subsequent six factors earlier than DeWanna Bonner and Mitchell every made a 3-pointer throughout an 11-2 closing run that gave Indiana a 38-34 halftime lead.
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