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POSTGAME NOTES: Sky Outshine Fever in Final Regular-Season Match-Up, 93-85

July 7, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release


FINAL SCORE: CHI 93, IND 85

CHICAGO SKY (16-6) @ INDIANA FEVER (5-19)

INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM | 2022 WNBA REGULAR SEASON | JULY 7, 2022

TEAM HIGH POINTS HIGH ASSISTS HIGH REBOUNDS

CHI E. MEESEMAN (20) C. VANDERSLOOT(6) C. PARKER (9)

IND K. MITCHELL (27) K. MITCHELL, D. ROBINSON (5) N. SMITH (11)

TONIGHT'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

The Sky's final game before 2022 All-Star Weekend

Sky's Dana Evans played in her 50th career game

The Sky officially clinched home-court advantage at the Commissioner's Cup after beating the Fever

NEXT UP: The Sky will return home to play the Atlanta Dream Tuesday, July 12. Tipoff at Wintrust Arena is at 7:00 p.m. CT and will be aired on CW 26, Bally Sports Southeast, and TSN.

Wednesday's game will be the Sky's third and final meeting against the Dream this season after winning the last matchup, 106-100, June 17 at Wintrust Arena. The Dream is coming off a loss against the Washington Mystics on Wednesday and remains the No. 4 ranked team in the Eastern Conference. The Sky will go up against rookie guard, Rhyne Howard who was named to the 2022 All-Star team. Howard leads the Dream in scoring, averaging 15.1 points per game and shooting 37.7% from the field.

KEY RUNS

Sky went on a 21-8 run from 3:57 in the first quarter to 7:24 in the second quarter

Fever went on an 11-2 run from 7:41 to 5:29 in the second quarter

Fever went on a 13-5 run from 7:21 to 2:04 in the fourth quarter

KEY STATS

NaLyssa Smith scored 12 of the Fever's 15 first-quarter points

Sky outscored Fever 46-30 in the paint

Candace Parker notched nine points in the third quarter

Sky dropped 29 points in the third quarter alone shooting 75% from the field

Sky maintained a double-digit lead from the start of the second half to 0:04 in the fourth quarter

Sky had a 40-24 advantage on the glass over the Fever

Smith recorded a double-double

Azurá Stevens dropped nine points in the fourth quarter

CHICAGO NOTES

Allie Quigley tied Jessica Breland (548) for 5th on the Sky's all-time defensive rebounds list

All five Sky starters scored at least six points

Sky shot 52.8% from the field in the first half, compared to the Fever's 35.7% shooting

10 of 11 Sky players to enter the game scored at least once

Courtney Vandersloot reached 150 career blocks

Candace Parker passed Sylvia Fowles (6,253) for 10th on the all-time points list

Julie Allemand made her 50th career three-pointer with a buzzer-beater at the end of the third quarter

INDIANA NOTES

Kelsey Mitchell dropped 13 points in the second quarter alone

K. Mitchell tied a season-high of four three-pointers in a game

In the first half, K. Mitchell and Smith combined to score 28 of the team's overall 38 points

NaLyssa Smith tied a season-high with three three-pointers in a game

Danielle Robinson passed Dawn Staley (1,337) and tied Teresa Witherspoon (1,338) for 13th on the all-time assists list

K. Mitchell tied a season-high of 27 points in a game

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