GAME RECAP–Aces Take Down Fever 88-69, Upping Winning Streak to 5 Games

Las Vegas (July 2nd, 2024)–The Las Vegas Aces (11-6) extended their winning streak to five games after sweeping an 88-69 victory over Indiana Fever (8-13) Indiana Fever (8-13) at home on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena.

Las VEGAS (July 2 2024)— The Las Vegas Aces (11-6) extended their winning streak to five games after a 88-69 win against the Indiana Fever (8-13) at home on Tuesday night in T-Mobile Arena. Kelsey Plum scored 34 points in the game in leading the Aces in scoring. A’ja Wilson scored 29 points and 9 rebounds. Jackie Young had double-doubles with fifteen points as well as 10 assists, and Kiah Stokes had a team-high 12 boards.

Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 23 points. Caitlin Clark added 13 points and had 11 assists.

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First Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 26, Indiana 24)

The Aces were ahead 9-3 at the beginning of the game, however, six consecutive points from the Fever resulted in a tie at nine. The Fever held a lead of 13-11 in the middle of the quarter, however following a Plum 3 point shot at 4:06 the Fever never again led throughout this contest. Plum was the leader for the Aces with nine points as did Mitchell. Mitchell also scored nine points to outscore in the Fever. The two teams scored 42.9 percent of the field. The Aces were 6-14, as well with Mitchell was 6-14, and the Fever 9-21. It was a close game for both teams. Aces scored 12 out of 13 points from the foul line and they scored 9 of 21 shots from the line. Fever scored 5-5 from their line for charity.

Second Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 46, Indiana 37)

The Fever were two points ahead at 6:31. But the Aces slowly increased their lead to 10, 44-34 with 1:43 remaining prior to halftime. They entered the locker room nine points in front. Wilson led all scorers in the game with 10 points. Aliyah Boston’s 4 points was the top scorer for Indiana. In the game, the Aces scored nine of 19 shots in the field, and two of five with 3-pointers in addition, while Indiana scored six of the 18 field goal attempts as well as one shot shots from the distance.

Third Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 65, Indiana 59)

The Aces increased their lead to eleven points in the third quarter, but during the 3rd quarter Fever scored the following six points to bring it to 49-44. The lead was in single digits throughout the the game. At the end of the day, Fever beat the Aces 16-7. Aces were defeated 16-7. Indiana committed four turnovers which resulted in Aces turning into eight points. The Fever didn’t turn one or Vegas Vegas”s errors in to scores. Plum as well as Young scored 7 and 8 points, respectively. The Fever the Fever was lead by 8 points scored by Caitlin Clark.

Fourth Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 88, Indiana 69)

A 12-0 run during the opening four minutes of the final quarter. 10 of which was scored by Plum which put to rest any doubts that the Fever were. The Aces defeated the Fever 23-10 in the quarter scoring of 47.4 percent on the field while limiting Indiana by 26.7 percentage of field goal attempts. Plum completed scoring 12 points in the quarter while Mitchell scored six points in the Fever.

KEY STATS

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The Aces scored 15-for-17 at the free-throw line. Indiana was 7-13.

Las Vegas made 9 of 25 (.360) 3-pointers, while the Fever scored only 6 of 26 (.231). The Aces also scored 45.1 percent of field shots (32 up to 71)) and Indiana scored 36.4 per cent of field shots (28 for 77)

Las Vegas turned 16 Fever mistakes into 19 points, while Indiana made mistakes of 10 Aces into 6 points.

The Fever defeated their Aces 44-38. This included 13-7 on the offensive end. They also defeated Aces 21-12. Aces by 21-12 on second chance points.

GAME NOTES

Wilson has scored 9 rebound. She has now scored 1,823 points over her entire career. She’s just three boards away from finishing 33rd in the record of the WNBA’s all-time rebound list. (Wendy Palmer 1 825 ).>> Natalie Williams (32nd, 1832), Plenette Pierson (31st 1834) together with Cheryl Ford (30th, 1,907) are next on the list.

Wilson Blocks five shots and is currently averaging 385 over her entire career and has her tied to Tamika Her Catchings record. This is the 14th most high number in WNBA the time of the sport. Tina Charles is 13th in the league with 395.

Gray has handed her four assists. She has now accumulated 1,220 assists throughout her career which is 9th most assists ever recorded in WNBA history. Cappie Pondexter ranks 8th on the list with 1,578.

Plum began the match with a record-setting total of 2,968 points. She also reached her 3,000th point by floating eight feet in the final 6:07 in the game. Plum has scored 3,002 points throughout her career.

Her 34 points marked the first time she scored at or below 30 points during the current season and the sixth time she’s scored that in her career.

Young’s double-double with 15 points and 10 assists marks her third double-double of point assists in the span of a season. It’s also the third double-double of her career.

The Aces were able to entertain 20,366 people at T-Mobile Arena the arena that is the fifth largest attendance game in WNBA the history of the regular season, and the largest attendance in the last ten years. The eight franchise’s highest attendance numbers following their departure from Las Vegas have come in 2024.

Aces didn’t have any coach. Aces were not able to get assistance of Tiffany Hayes who was not on the team (personal ).

NEXT UP

Las Vegas remains at home for the Thursday, July 4 game against Washington Mystics. Washington Mystics (5-15) on the 29th of June. The match starts with a 7 p.m. in the Pacific Time Zone and will be broadcast across the nation via Amazon Prime and locally on the Silver Stats Sports & Entertainment Network.