INDIANAPOLIS — The WNBA All-Star weekend begins Friday. On a night where their minds could’ve been in break mode, the Indiana Fever played the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday like a championship was on the line.
The Fever broke records as they defeated the Sun 123-88 thanks to a statement performance from their franchise cornerstones. Caitlin Clark had 27 points and 11 assists. Kelsey Mitchell had 23 points and Aliyah Boston posted 22 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
The trio only played 13 games together during the 2025 season because of Clark’s season-ending right groin injury. Their chemistry was on full display Wednesday. The stars scored a combined 69 points through the first three quarters. The Sun had 69 points by the end of the third period.
It’s the third game this season Boston, Clark and Mitchell have each scored 20 points. No trio of teammates has done it more than once this season. Coach Stephanie White said in-game reps have helped the group gel this season after not playing together for a majority of last year.
“We are super connected,” Boston said. “For us, it’s making sure that we just execute our plays, and when we do that, everyone gets theirs. I think for C and Kels, it’s super hard for teams to guard them. They can score in many different ways, and so it’s what we do. We continue to execute.”
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The Fever’s point total was the most in a single game in franchise history. It was Indiana’s 11th game this season with at least 100 points or more, tying the WNBA record. The Fever shot 62.8% from the field in the first quarter. Mitchell and Clark both had 11 points.
“One of our goals tonight was to come out and start well because we’ve kind of struggled in that area in the last couple games,” Clark said. “We did that really well. Our defense wasn’t very good in the first quarter, but it was better in the second and then we were able to build a comfortable lead. We played with good pace and shared the ball well.”
Clark’s assist numbers were commonplace Wednesday. Boston, however, delivered outside her norm. The 6-foot-5 center averaged 2.7 assists per game entering Wednesday. She had 4 in the first half, more than Mitchell and backup guard Tyasha Harris.
Thanks to an all-around outing from Boston, along with Mitchell and Clark doing what they do best, the Fever now sit atop the Eastern Conference and are fifth in the league entering the All-Star break. Their 17-10 record places Indiana 4.5 games out of first.
“The way in which you love the game and you pour into the game is the way you want it to show love to you back, and we’ve done a decent job lately as far as keeping ourselves committed to the grind and committed to what Steph has set for us,” Mitchell said. “But more importantly, momentum going into our second half of our season is really big for us. Once you start, you don’t stop. Our next couple of opponents we do come to see, these games help us prepare to see whatever we want to see in the second half of the season.”
White said the game before the All-Star break is one of the “hardest” to play and added she‘s “proud of (our) group for being locked in, for staying locked in and getting contributions from multiple players.”
Harris recorded 12 points and six assists off the bench. Sophie Cunningham secured all of her eight points from the free-throw line and Makayla Timpson led the team with eight boards.
White said the group can “enjoy” the break as they enter it on a high note. The majority of the team will be on break. Cunningham has a boat ride planned. Maybe White reads a book.
As for Mitchell, Boston and Clark, they’ll share the court Saturday during the WNBA All-Star Game. The latter two were drafted to Team Weatherspoon, while Mitchell was selected to Team Cooper.
Boston and Clark don’t plan to take it easy on Mitchell and don’t expect her to either. But the trio will savor the weekend in a similar fashion to how they dominate opponents — together.
“They’re trying to make us enemies,” Mitchell joked, referencing All-Star weekend. “They can never.”
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