Connecticut Sun Postgame Notes

Connecticut Sun 88, Indiana Fever 67

• The Sun start the season 3-0 for the first time since 2018 when the team won its first five games of the season.
  
• The Sun tied a franchise record with 18 assists in a half in the first half tonight. They tied the mark of 18 set against Seattle on August 13, 2010.
  
• Connecticut came up one assist shy of a franchise record with 29 assists tonight, the record of 30 was set on June 19, 2009 against Chicago.
  
• Connecticut shot a season-high 55.2 percent from the floor (37-67) while also shooting a season best 47.6 percent from 3-point range (10-21). The 37 field goals were a season-high while the 10 treys matched a season-high.
  
• Natisha Hiedeman scored a game and career-high 19 points after scoring a career best 17 in the win on Sunday night. She also had a game-high six assists tonight.
  
• Brionna Jones had 14 of her season-high 16 points in the first half. She also scored the 500th point of her career with her second basket of the game.
  
• Jonquel Jones registered her second straight double-double as she finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds to go with five assists. With her 4th defensive rebound of the night she notched the 700th defensive rebound of her career.
• Dijonai Carrington scored the first points of her WNBA career with her four points tonight.
  
• Jasmine Thomas had eight points and three assists in her season debut.
  
• Beatrice Mompremier scored four points for the third straight game.
  
• Indiana jumped out to a 9-2 lead making it first four field goal attempts in the opening three minutes. The Fever would start the game making five straight from the field.
  
• Connecticut trailed 16-9 before using a 17-4 run to end the first quarter for a 26-20 lead. Brionna Jones and Natisha Hiedeman each had eight first quarter points to lead the Sun. Hiedeman was a perfect 3 for 3 from the floor including a pair of treys off the bench in the opening quarter. The Sun had 10 assists on their 11 first quarter field goals and Connecticut had 16 assists on its first 17 field goals to start the game.
• Connecticut took control of the game by scoring 17 straight to open up a 48-26 lead with 3:34 left in the first half.
• The Sun led 50-33 at the half as four players scored in double figures led by Brionna Jones with 14 along with Dewanna Bonner (11), Jonquel Jones (10) and Hiedeman (10). Bonner tallied her 19th consecutive 10+ point game.
• Danielle Robinson led the Fever with 12 points and three assists while Tiffany Mitchell was the only other Indiana player in double figures as she scored 10 points off the bench.