INDIANAPOLIS — Kelsey Mitchell scored 23 points, Caitlin Clark added 19 with five rebounds and five assists, and the Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 84-80 on Wednesday night to snap an 11-game losing streak in the series.
It was Indiana’s first win against Connecticut since July 3, 2021. The Fever (15-16) have won four of five games since returning from the WNBA’s monthlong break for the Paris Olympics, while the Sun’s winning streak ended at three games.
Neither team led by double figures in a game where Clark set the league’s rookie season record for 3-pointers, passing Atlanta Dream star Rhyne Howard‘s 85 in 2022, with a 3 in the first quarter. Clark added two more 3-pointers before finishing 3-of-12 from long range, giving her 88 this season.
Mitchell notched her fifth consecutive game with 20-plus points, a franchise record, and the 28-year-old’s connection with No. 1 draft pick Clark continues to grow.
“I think the best part about it is that our chemistry continues to get better,” Mitchell said during a postgame interview with NBATV. “I value what Caitlin brings to the table because not only does she have the pace and the space, but she can shoot the lights out, and you’ve just got to be ready when your number’s called with a person like that.”