Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
· Women's National Basketball AssociationWheeler helps Fever clinch, 80-73 over Mystics
Wheeler's 3-pointer with 2:17 left gave the Fever (16-15) the lead for good at 72-69 and sparked an 11-4 run in which she made all six free-throw attempts to secure the victory. Indiana is currently in the fifth playoff spot, holding the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Chicago Sky (16-15).
Lynetta Kizer added 17 points, Briann January had 15 and Shenise Johnson scored 12 for the seventh-ranked Fever.
Emma Meesseman had 19 points, Tayler Hill scored 15 and Kia Vaughn added 12 for the No. 10 Mystics (12-19), who are one spot out of the playoffs.
Washington led by seven early in the third quarter before the Fever scored 10 straight and it went back-and-forth from there.
Regular Season Series
WSH wins series 2-1
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 80 - 73 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 80 - 73 |
| 4th 2.0 |  |
Erica Wheeler makes free throw 2 of 2 | 80 - 73 |
| 4th 2.0 | |
Erica Wheeler makes free throw 1 of 2 | 79 - 73 |
| 4th 2.0 |  |
Stefanie Dolson personal foul (Erica Wheeler draws the foul) | 78 - 73 |
Statistics
 IND |
 WSH |
|
|---|---|---|
| 31-62 | FG | 27-62 |
| 50 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 5-13 | 3PT | 7-21 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 33 |
| 13-18 | FT | 12-15 |
| 72 | Free Throw % | 80 |
| 27 | Rebounds | 26 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Defensive Rebounds | 19 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Team Turnovers | 3 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 40 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 23 | Fouls | 20 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 9 |
Game Information
Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 6,542 · Capacity:
2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta |
- | 13 | W4 | 0.65789473 | 25 |
 Indiana |
0.5 | 14 | W1 | 0.64102566 | 25 |
 New York |
2 | 15 | W1 | 0.6052632 | 23 |
 Washington |
2.5 | 15 | W1 | 0.5945946 | 22 |
 Chicago |
10 | 23 | L1 | 0.39473686 | 15 |
 Toronto |
13.5 | 26 | L1 | 0.2972973 | 11 |
 Connecticut |
15 | 27 | L2 | 0.25 | 9 |
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