Kelsey Mitchell has been a huge part of the Indiana Fever’s resurgence post-Olympic break. The team has won six of its seven games and is over .500 for the first time since June, 2019.
Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell is blocked on a shot by Dallas Wings’ Maddy Siegrist in the first half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell is fouled while shooting by Dallas Wings’ Maddy Siegrist as Wings center Teaira McCowan helps defend in the first half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.
for the Paris Games. She’s averaging 28.3 points over that span — second best in the league behind A’ja Wilson. Overall, Mitchell is having her best season scoring, averaging 19 points. She was Indiana’s leading scorer last season when she averaged 18.2 points per game. “I think Kelsey has been playing really good basketball. She only makes my life easier when you have that 1-2 combo in the backcourt,” Clark said. “It’s lot of fun for myself to play that way. I think we’re just playing up-tempo.”Angel Reese becomes WNBA’s single-season rebounding leader in Sky’s 79-74 loss to LynxMitchell agrees and has been having fun playing with Clark, who leads the league in assists with 8.4 a game.
“I think that me and Caitlin, as well as our group, I think we just found a way,” Mitchell said. “I think our pace is kind of setting us apart from a lot of different teams. Because you like to get the ball up and down the court at such a high pace. And I think the way that we play, it just makes our games thrive even more.”
The Fever have six consecutive home games starting Wednesday against the last-place Los Angeles Sparks before the regular-season finale at Washington.New York remains in the top spot in this week’s AP WNBA power poll as the first four teams remain unchanged. Minnesota, Connecticut and Las Vegas were next atop the poll. Indiana moved up to fifth with Seattle sixth. Phoenix, Atlanta and Dallas were next. Chicago dropped to 10th with Washington and Los Angeles rounding out the poll., averaging 26.
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