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The Fever, who trailed by seven with 6:43 left,
have won three of their past four games. They went 5-31 last
season.
The Sky (5-6) were paced by Marina Mabrey, who had a career-high
36 points to go along with six rebounds. Dana Evans had 21
points, and Robyn Parks chipped in 13 points. Alanna Smith had
eight points and 11 rebounds for Chicago, which has lost three
straight.
After trailing 38-37 at halftime, the Sky closed the third
quarter on a 13-7 run to take a 71-65 lead.
The Sky pushed their advantage to 74-65 on Mabrey's jumper
before the Fever went on a 17-6 run to take a 82-80 lead after
NaLyssa Smith's short jumper with 3:09 to go.
Mitchell's layup made it a four-point game with 2:42 left before
Evans' three-point play with 2:28 to go pulled Chicago to within
84-83.
Evans' short jumper gave the Sky an 87-86 left with 1:09
remaining before NaLyssa Smith's layup put the Fever ahead with
51 seconds to go.
Evans' floater with 38.1 remaining regained the lead for the
Sky, but Smith's short shot in the lane on Indiana's next
possession gave the Fever the advantage for good with 14.5
seconds left.
Evans drew a foul with 7.5 seconds remaining, but she missed her
first free-throw attempt before making the second to tie the
game. The Fever called timeout so they could advance the ball
across midcourt.
Mitchell caught the inbounds pass along the right wing and hit a
21-foot step-back jumper that proved to be the game-winner after
Alanna Smith's 3-point try clanged off the backcourt as time
expired.
--Field Level Media
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