Fever Travel to Connecticut for Sunday Matinee with Sun

Game Preview: Fever Travel to Connecticut for Sunday Matinee with Sun

Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
Sunday, August 17
Mohegan Sun Arena | 1:00 p.m. ET

Broadcast Information
TV: FanDuel Sports Network/NBA TV
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan

Probable Starters

Indiana Fever (18-16)

Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Guard – Lexie Hull
Forward – Sophie Cunningham
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston

Connecticut Sun (6-26)

Guard – Bria Hartley
Guard – Leila Lacan
Forward – Marina Mabrey
Forward – Aneesah Morrow
Center – Tina Charles

GAME PREVIEW:

After a three-game homestand, the Fever (18-16) head to Connecticut to tackle the Sun (6-26) for the fourth and ultimate time this season. Indiana leads the season collection, 2-1.

The Fever have dropped 4 of their final 5 video games, together with a pair of shut house losses this week to Dallas and Washington. Indiana is now in seventh place within the WNBA standings. The Fever are a half-game again of Golden State and two video games behind each Phoenix and Las Vegas. They are a recreation up on eighth-place Seattle and 1.5 video games forward of ninth-place Los Angeles.

The prime eight groups make the playoffs, with the highest 4 seeds incomes homecourt benefit within the first spherical.

Short on level guards with Caitlin Clark nonetheless sidelined by a groin damage and Aari McDonald (damaged proper foot) and Sydney Colson (torn left ACL) each out for the season, the Fever not too long ago signed 11-year veteran Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract. The former All-Star went scoreless in 13 minutes in her Fever debut on Tuesday, however was productive off the bench on Friday towards Washington, tallying 11 factors on 5-of-10 capturing and three assists in 26 minutes.

After beginning the yr 3-20, the Sun have been extra aggressive over the previous couple of weeks, going 3-6 over their final 9 video games, together with a 71-62 win over Chicago on Wednesday of their final outing.

Future Hall of Fame heart Tina Charles leads Connecticut in each scoring (15.9 factors per recreation) and rebounding (5.7 boards per contest) at age 36. Marina Mabrey provides 14.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds, and three.9 assists per recreation.