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Game recap: Fever, Caitlin Clark beat Dream in first overtime game of season
By Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star,
19 hours ago
The Indiana Fever play their first overtime game of the season Sunday, overcoming a 16-point, second half deficit to beat the Atlanta Dream 104-100.
Aliyah Boston scores 30 points with 13 rebounds, Caitlin Clark scores 26 and Kelsey Mitchell 21 for Indiana (19-17), which remains 6 th in the WNBA standings.
Rhyne Howard racks up 36 points -- her third straight game with at least 30 -- for the Dream (12-23), who are battling for the 8 th and final playoff berth. Tina Charles adds 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Indiana has 13 first-half turnovers and Atlanta hits the offensive boards in the second half. The combination allows the Dream to take 26 more shots than the Fever.
Indiana's homestand continues Wednesday for the first of two straight games against the Las Vegas Aces.
Caitlin Clark points and assists vs. Dream
Caitlin Clark scores 26 points on 7-of-17 shooting from the field (4-of-13 3-pointers, 6-of-6 free throws), with 12 assists and 5 rebounds. She also has 9 turnovers.
0.0 : Allisha Gray misses a baseline jumper. The Fever are in their first overtime game of the season. Atlanta is in overtime for the second consecutive game.
18.7 : Aliyah Boston layup. 90-90
27.8 : Rhyne Howard 2-of-2 free throws. Dream 90-88
Indiana is on an 9-0 run over 4 1/2 minutes with Aliyah Boston at the free throw line out of a timeout. Kelsey Mitchell gets a steal and pulls up for a 3 on the way down. She has 14 points.
Kelsey Mitchell scores all 10 of her points in the first quarter, and Lexie Hull is 3-of-3 on 3-pointers for 9 points. Caitlin Clark has 6 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds.
Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard have 11 points each for Atlanta.
Both teams are hot from long range: the Fever are 6-of-10 on 3-pointers, and Atlanta 7-of-15.
The Fever have 13 turnovers (6 by Clark) to Atlanta's 1, and the Dream have attempted 15 more shots.
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