WNBA Indiana Fever

Third Quarter Propels Mystics to 68-50 Rout of Fever

July 17, 2015 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Indiana Fever News Release


WASHINGTON, D.C. - LaToya Sanders had career highs of 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Emma Meesseman added 14 points with a career-high 13 rebounds to help pace the Washington Mystics to a 68-50 rout of the Indiana Fever.

The Mystics snapped a three-game losing skid while Indiana ended a five-game win streak.

While the lead traded hands in the first half, it was all Mystics after halftime. Washington held a 34-29 lead at intermission, but blew the game open in the third quarter, limiting Indiana to a single 3-point field goal and three free throws. It was the Fever's lowest-scoring quarter of the season, outscored 23-6 as the Mystics took a 22-point advantage into the fourth quarter.

"Washington played like it was a team with its back against the wall," said Fever coach Stephanie White. "They did everything they had to do to win."

"They are one of the most difficult teams to guard because they have five skilled players on the floor at all times. They did a good job reading mismatches and they took advantage on offense. And defensively, they turned up their intensity and bothered us up and down the floor."

Indiana, averaging 79 points per game, was limited to 18-of-57 shooting (31 percent) while scoring its fewest points since a 50-48 defeat seven years ago on the same floor, falling 50-48 to the Mystics, July 8, 2008. Adding to the Mystics' command was a 43-34 rebounding edge.

Indiana got double-figure scoring from a pair of University of Maryland alums, Marissa Coleman and Lynetta Kizer, who both returned to their hometowns near the nation's capital. Coleman scored 11 points while Kizer contributed 10 points and eight rebounds.

The Fever continues a three-game road trip Saturday at Connecticut, then Tuesday at San Antonio.

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