Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
· Women's National Basketball AssociationNapheesa Collier scores 26 and Lynx overcome Caitlin Clark's 25-point night for 99-88 win over Fever
The Lynx trailed 50-45 at halftime before Collier scored nine of their opening 20 points of the third quarter for a 65-57 lead.
Collier blocked Clark's shot in the paint and Courtney Williams made a jumper from the free-throw line at the other end to extend Minnesota’s lead to 70-60. Clark went to the bench and Myisha Hines-Allen scored the next three points to give Minnesota a 13-point lead.
Indiana made just three field goals in the third quarter before making three in the opening two minutes of the fourth to get back in it.
The Fever were within 81-80 before Carleton sank a 3-pointer from the corner. She added a 3-pointer from the top of the key to make it 87-80 and she grabbed an offensive rebound on the Lynx's next possession, leading to Williams' 3-pointer.
Carleton's third 3-pointer of the frame gave Minnesota a 96-85 lead.
Clark, coming off her second career triple-double on Wednesday, continued her record-breaking season for Indiana (18-17). She made one 3-pointer in the first quarter to become the franchise leader for made 3-pointers in a single season, passing Kelsey Mitchell (102). Clark was 5 of 10 from 3-point range for 107 this season.
Mitchell added 23 points and Aliyah Boston scored 20 for Indiana. Mitchell has scored 20-plus points for the eighth time in her last nine games.
Carleton scored 16 points for Minnesota (25-9). Williams added 15 points, to go with seven rebounds to go over 1,500 for her career. Collier also grabbed 10 rebounds.
Carleton closed the first half on a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left off a nice pass from Hines-Allen. Then the Lynx scored the opening nine points of the third quarter for a 52-50 lead, their first since 7-6.
Regular Season Series
MIN wins series 2-1
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 99 - 88 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 99 - 88 | |
4th 3.0 | shot clock turnover | 99 - 88 | |
4th 25.1 | Dorka Juhasz defensive rebound | 99 - 88 | |
4th 29.0 | Temi Fagbenle misses 23-foot three point jumper | 99 - 88 |
Statistics
MIN | IND | |
---|---|---|
33-73 | FG | 32-75 |
45.2 | Field Goal % | 42.7 |
13-32 | 3PT | 13-29 |
40.6 | Three Point % | 44.8 |
20-25 | FT | 11-13 |
80.0 | Free Throw % | 84.6 |
37 | Rebounds | 36 |
10 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
27 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
25 | Assists | 19 |
7 | Steals | 3 |
4 | Blocks | 3 |
9 | Turnovers | 14 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
10 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 15 |
6 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
34 | Points in Paint | 34 |
16 | Fouls | 22 |
13 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 17,274 · Capacity:
2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | - | 8 | L1 | 0.8 | 32 |
Connecticut | 4 | 12 | W1 | 0.7 | 28 |
Indiana | 12 | 20 | L1 | 0.5 | 20 |
Atlanta | 17 | 25 | W3 | 0.375 | 15 |
Washington | 18 | 26 | W1 | 0.35 | 14 |
Chicago | 19 | 27 | L5 | 0.325 | 13 |
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