New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
· Women's National Basketball AssociationNurse, Charles lead New York past Fever in 87-81 OT win
Charles gave the Liberty the lead for good at 81-79 with 34.5 seconds left.
At the end of regulation, Kelsey Mitchell scored with 12.6 seconds to go to put Indiana up 71-69 before Charles made a pair of free throws with eight seconds left to force overtime. New York (2-2) built its largest lead at 53-33 on Charles' 3-point play with 6:45 left in the third quarter. Indiana closed to 58-52 with 19-3 run to end the quarter.
Nurse scored 11 points during a 16-0 run for a 35-19 lead with 5:12 remaining before halftime.
Mitchell led the Fever (0-6) with 26 points.
Regular Season Series
NY wins series 2-1
Recent Plays
| 5th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 87 - 81 |
| 5th 0.0 | |
End of the 1st Overtime | 87 - 81 |
| 5th 0.3 |  |
Kia Nurse makes free throw 2 of 2 | 87 - 81 |
| 5th 0.3 | |
Kia Nurse makes free throw 1 of 2 | 86 - 81 |
| 5th 0.3 |  |
Erica McCall personal take foul | 85 - 81 |
Statistics
 NY |
 IND |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-68 | FG | 31-79 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 39 |
| 3-19 | 3PT | 7-23 |
| 16 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 30-32 | FT | 12-18 |
| 94 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 21 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 22 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 34 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 18 | Fouls | 28 |
| 20 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 5,575 · Capacity:
2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta |
- | 12 | W2 | 0.6363636 | 21 |
 Indiana |
- | 12 | W2 | 0.6363636 | 21 |
 New York |
1 | 14 | W1 | 0.6 | 21 |
 Washington |
2 | 14 | L2 | 0.57575756 | 19 |
 Chicago |
9.5 | 22 | L3 | 0.3529412 | 12 |
 Toronto |
11 | 23 | L10 | 0.3030303 | 10 |
 Connecticut |
12.5 | 24 | L1 | 0.25 | 8 |
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