GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The Connecticut Sun defeated the Indiana Fever, 88-69. The Sun have now won the last seven matchups against the Fever at Mohegan Sun Arena, dating back to the 2016 season.
• Connecticut moves to 10-3, while Indiana falls to 3-11 on the year.
• Brionna Jones led the Sun with 18 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes off the bench in tonight’s win.
• NaLyssa Smith finished with 19 points, seven rebounds, two steals and one block to lead the Fever.
• With five assists in tonight’s victory, Alyssa Thomas moves into fourth all-time in Connecticut Sun franchise history, with 684 assists in her career.
• After the first five minutes of action, the Sun and Fever were tied 9-9. Courtney Williams led Connecticut with four early points.
• The Sun led the Fever, 22-19, after the first ten minutes of action. Jonquel Jones led Connecticut with six points, two rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block in the first quarter of play.
• Connecticut opened the second quarter on a 7-2 run to take a 29-21 lead and forcing Indiana into an early timeout with 8:10 left to play in the half.
• The Sun outscored the Fever, 26-18, in the second quarter of action, taking a 48-37 lead into the locker room.
• Jones finished the half with 10 points, five rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block to lead Connecticut. Queen Egbo led Indiana with eight first-half points, along with three rebounds, one assist and one steal.
• The Sun shot 51.4% (18-35) from the floor in the first half, while holding the Fever to 44.1% (15-34).
• Connecticut outscored Indiana in the paint (26-20), second-chance points (10-0), fast break points (10-6) and bench points (14-10) in the first twenty minutes of action.
• The Sun scored 13 first-half points off of the Fever’s 7 first-half turnovers.
• Connecticut is now 8-1 when leading at the half this season.
• The Fever started the third outscoring the Sun, 7-5, with 6:05 remaining in the quarter. Connecticut outscored Indiana 12-9 the rest of the third, to take a 65-53 lead into the final quarter of the game.
• Jones had six third-quarter points to led the Sun, while Smith had eight points to lead the Fever out of the locker room.
• It was all Sun in the fourth quarter, as they outscored the Fever 23-16 in the final ten minutes of play to take home the 88-69 victory.
• Jones finished with 16 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks in the win.
• Thomas filled the stat sheet with 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists on the night.
• Carrington added 12 points, four rebounds, one assist and three steals in 27 minutes off the bench in the victory. Tonight’s win marks the second straight contest where Carrington was a perfect 5-5 from the field.
• Joyner Holmes scored her career-best in a Sun uniform with eight points in five minutes off the bench in the fourth quarter. She also added two rebounds and one assist.
• The Sun held the Fever’s leading scorer, Kelsey Mitchell, to just nine points on the night. Mitchell was averaging 19.5 coming into tonight’s contest. This is the second straight matchup where Connecticut has held Mitchell to single digits in scoring.
• Connecticut outscored Indiana in the paint (42-32), second-chance points (19-8), fast break points (12-8) and bench points (38-15) in the win.

NEXT GAME

The Connecticut Sun are back home Friday, July 10 to take on the Chicago Sky at 7pm EST at Mohegan Sun Arena. The contest will be the first meeting for these two teams since they met in the WNBA Semifinals last September—Chicago besting Connecticut 3-1 to advance to and ultimately win the 2021 WNBA Finals. The Sun went 1-2 against the Sky in the 2021 regular season and have won five out of the last ten regular season meetings, dating back to the 2018 season.