MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 22 points, Aliyah Boston and Nalisa Smith scored double-doubles, and the Indiana Fever rallied in the fourth quarter to edge the Minnesota Lynx 71-69 Friday night.
Mitchell made 9 of 16 from the field and added three three-pointers, Smith had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Boston added 10 points and 11 rebounds. Erica Wheeler scored 10 points.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Kayla McBride and Rachel Banham gave the Lynx a 52-46 lead with 1:38 left in the third quarter and Minnesota led 55-51 heading into the fourth quarter.
The score was tied five times in the fourth quarter before Indiana (2-5) took a good lead on Mitchell’s three-point game with 1:54 left. A pair of free throws from Wheeler gave the Fever a 71-66 lead near the one-minute mark. Nabehisa Collier hit a three-pointer to put Minnesota within two points with 1:01 remaining but neither team scored again.
Collier scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Minnesota (1-7) and McBride added 11 points.
Tiffany Mitchell hit two short fairway shots and converted one of them into a three-point play, giving Minnesota a 25–21 lead midway through the second quarter. It would be four tackles later in the quarter before Erica Wheeler hit a 19-foot haul jumper with 16 seconds left in the first half to give Indiana a 36-34 halftime lead.
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