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08/18 20:29 CDT Mitchell scores 29 points before sitting out 4th and Clark adds
24 as Fever beat Tempo 101-95
Mitchell scores 29 points before sitting out 4th and Clark adds 24 as Fever
beat Tempo 101-95
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Kelsey Mitchell scored 16 points in the first quarter and
finished with 29 before sitting out the fourth, Caitlin Clark added 24 points
and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 101-95 on Tuesday for their fifth
straight victory.
Clark and Mitchell have each scored 20 or more in the same game 16 times this
season, a WNBA record. Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter did it 15 times with
Phoenix in 2008.
Mitchell also scored 20 or more for the 20th consecutive game, matching Las
Vegas' A'ja Wilson for the longest such streak in WNBA history. But after she
scored eight points in the span of less than a minute late in the third
quarter, she went to the locker room and did not return.
Fever coach Stephanie White said Mitchell got "overheated."
Aliyah Boston scored 16 points, and Sophie Cunningham made all three 3-point
attempts and finished with 13 for the Fever, who never trailed. Indiana has won
10 of 12.
Toronto's Marina Mabrey cut the gap to 97-93 with back-to-back 3-pointers late
in the fourth quarter, but the Tempo got no closer. Mabrey finished with 22
points and Brittney Sykes had 15 in her return from injury, but the slumping
Tempo lost their 11th straight.
In the Fever's first visit to Toronto this season, there was a mix of cheers
and boos when Cunningham entered the game, and fans cheered when she missed her
first free-throw attempt. Cunningham said in an ESPN profile published last
month that she was opposed to transgender girls and women competing in girls'
and women's sports.
Late in the fourth, fans cheered when someone holding a banner in support of
transgender rights was shown on the video screen during a timeout.
Before the game, a small group gathered near the stadium's west entrance,
offering people the chance to take selfies in front of a banner with
Cunningham's photo.
Mitchell and Mabrey were issued technical fouls after they clashed early in the
third.
Aneesha Morrow had 15 points and 16 rebounds for Toronto. Temi Fagbenle scored
13 points and Kiki Rice had 10.
Sykes returned after missing more than two months with a left plantar fascia
injury. She hadn't played since a June 16 loss at Indiana.
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