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Reese posted 10 points and 11 rebounds, setting
a WNBA rookie record and Sky franchise record with her 23rd
double-double of the season. Reese also set a record for most
rebounds by a rookie in WNBA history with 399.
Chicago (11-20) has lost five games in a row, while Indiana
(16-16) has won five of its last six. Kelsey Mitchell scored 23
points and NaLyssa Smith contributed 14 for the Fever, who took
three of four meetings with the Sky.
Michaela Onyenwere led the Sky with 20 points. Lindsay Allen
scored 19, and Rachel Banham had 14.
The 100 points were the most scored by the Fever this season.
Indiana, which started the season 1-8, is tied for sixth in the
WNBA standings, while the Sky are eighth. The top eight teams
make the playoffs.
Both teams began the game at a frantic pace. The Sky, the worst
3-point shooting team in the WNBA, started out hot, sinking
their first four 3-point shots, including two by Allen, and
grabbed a 24-11 lead with 4:18 to play in the first.
But the Fever responded quickly and decisively. The Sky went
more than five minutes without a point bridging the first and
second quarters as Clark made her presence felt with
back-to-back treys, putting Indiana ahead 29-26. After a 33-33
tie, Indiana led the rest of the way.
Indiana closed the final 6:06 of the half on a 14-9 run, with
Mitchell finishing with 18 points in the half. Clark, who hit
five 3-pointers in the game, had 15 points and seven assists in
the first half.
Indiana led by 14 at the end of the third quarter, its biggest
lead to that point, and the advantage grew in the fourth.
It was the biggest margin of victory for either team in the four
meetings. The Fever won by a point on June 1 and eight points on
June 16, while the Sky won by one point on June 23.
The Sky were without leading scorer Chennedy Carter, who missed
her second straight game because of health and safety protocol.
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