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Lexie Hull made four 3-pointers and recorded 17
points and eight rebounds for Indiana, which beat the Sun for
the first time in four tries this season. The Fever had last
beat Connecticut on July 3, 2021.
DiJonai Carrington scored 19 points and Alyssa Thomas had 17
points, six rebounds and six assists for the Sun (22-8). Marina
Mabrey added 16 points and DeWanna Bonner had 13 as
Connecticut's three-game winning streak ended.
Clark's 3-pointer 2:43 into the contest was her 86th of the
season, breaking the rookie record set by Atlanta's Rhyne Howard
in 2022. She finished the game 3-for-12 from deep.
Indiana went up 82-80 late in the fourth on Clark's driving
basket. The Sun squandered a chance to tie when Temi Fagbenle
forced a Thomas turnover with 24.1 seconds left.
Hull made two free throws with 19.4 seconds remaining to make it
a four-point margin before the Fever closed it out.
Indiana shot 47 percent from the field, including 13 of 30 (43.3
percent) from 3-point range. Aliyah Boston had 10 points, eight
assists and six rebounds, and NaLyssa Smith added 10 points.
Mitchell made four treys for the Fever.
The Sun hit 45.5 percent of their shots and were 8 of 24 from
behind the arc. Mabrey led Connecticut with four triples.
Mitchell scored 13 first-half points as Indiana led 51-42 at the
break.
The Sun started the second half strong, scoring eight straight
points and 12 of the first 14 to take a 54-53 lead on Bonner's
layup with 6:52 left in the third quarter.
Indiana answered with a 9-2 push that Clark capped with a
3-pointer to give the Fever a 62-56 advantage with 4:02 left in
the period.
Carrington responded with a trey for the Sun before Clark's
basket and Mitchell's 3-pointer gave Indiana a 67-59 lead with
2:09 remaining.
The Fever led 69-66 entering the fourth quarter.
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