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Clark leads Indiana against Seattle after 29-point game


Clark leads Indiana against Seattle after 29-point game

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Seattle Storm (17-9, 8-6 Western Conference) at Indiana Fever (12-15, 7-8 Eastern Conference)

Indianapolis; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Indiana Fever hosts the Seattle Storm after Caitlin Clark scored 29 points in the Indiana Fever’s 98-89 win over the Phoenix Mercury.

The Fever have a 7-5 record in home games. Indiana has a 7-10 record against opponents with a record above .500.

The Storm are 6-6 on the road. Seattle is third in the Western Conference with 20.8 assists per game, led by Skylar Diggins-Smith’s 6.4 average.

Indiana is scoring 82.4 points per game, 4.6 more than the 77.8 Seattle is allowing. Seattle is averaging 6.0 three-pointers per game this season, 2.8 fewer than the 8.8 per game Indiana is allowing.

The teams will meet for the fourth time this season. The Storm won the last meeting on June 28th with a score of 89-77.

TOP PERFORMER: Clark scores 17.6 points per game and averages 5.8 rebounds for the Fever.

Jewell Loyd scores 20.2 points per game for the Storm and averages 4.7 rebounds.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fever: 5-5, averaging 85.5 points, 37.5 rebounds, 21.7 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.3%. Their opponents have averaged 86.4 points per game.

Storm: 7-3, averaging 87.0 points, 33.4 rebounds, 22.9 assists, 9.3 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 44.4%. Their opponents averaged 76.6 points.

INJURIES: Fever: None listed.

Storm: MacKenzie Holmes: out for the rest of the season (knee).

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.


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