The Indiana Fever won only 13 games a season ago. With a victory on Sunday afternoon against the Seattle Storm in Indianapolis, they can match that total.
Momentum is on their side after posting a 98-89 victory over the Phoenix Mercury at home Friday in their first game back from WNBA’s break for the Paris Olympics.
Caitlin Clark propelled Indiana (12-15) to the victory with 29 points and 10 assists, marking her 10th double-double of the season and ninth in her past 12 games.
Clark said beating the Mercury is big for the Fever, who have come a long way since starting 1-8 on the season.
“It’s huge. It sets the tone of where we want to be the rest of the season,” Clark said. “To grind this one out and get it done is the step in the right direction.”
The Fever are 5-3 in their past eight games.
Clark is averaging 17.6 points per game for the Fever, who will try to defeat the Storm for the first time in four tries this season.
Seattle (17-9) is hoping to get back on track after dropping an 83-81 decision to the Atlanta Dream on Friday.
Skylar Diggins-Smith will try to play a key role in making that happen. She scored 29 points against Atlanta to go along with five assists after combining for only 11 points in her previous two outings.
The four-time All-WNBA First Team selection said she tries to take that approach every night.
“I’m just trying to be aggressive for the team,” Diggins-Smith said.
The Storm led by as many as 19 points before posting an 89-77 win over the Fever on June 27. Clark was held to 15 points in that game for Indiana, while Jewell Loyd erupted for a season-high 34 for Seattle.
–Field Level Media