Sun 76-59 Fever (9 Sep, 2023) Play-by-Play

Indiana Fever

12-27, 7-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	10	21	13	15	59
CONN	26	11	22	17	76

Connecticut Sun

27-12, 13-6 home

DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes 8-foot two point shot (Tiffany Hayes assists)
Natisha Hiedeman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Natisha Hiedeman makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Rebecca Allen misses two point shot
Tiffany Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Natisha Hiedeman makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses layup
Maya Caldwell blocks Olivia Nelson-Ododa's driving layup
Rebecca Allen makes 26-foot three point shot (DiJonai Carrington assists)
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DiJonai Carrington misses 25-foot three point jumper
DiJonai Carrington misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
DeWanna Bonner misses 26-foot three point shot
Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes 4-foot layup (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Natisha Hiedeman misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tyasha Harris makes two point shot
Leigha Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tyasha Harris makes 13-foot two point shot
Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses layup
Natisha Hiedeman misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 29-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
NaLyssa Smith blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 4-foot layup
NaLyssa Smith blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 5-foot two point shot
Rebecca Allen misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas misses 13-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tiffany Hayes makes 24-foot three point shot (Rebecca Allen assists)
Natisha Hiedeman misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner makes 17-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Tiffany Hayes makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes 15-foot jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Tiffany Hayes makes 4-foot two point shot
DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Tiffany Hayes makes two point shot (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses 31-foot three point jumper
Tiffany Hayes makes 5-foot two point shot
DiJonai Carrington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes 17-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Tyasha Harris makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DiJonai Carrington misses 14-foot two point shot
Tiffany Hayes misses 21-foot jumper
DiJonai Carrington makes two point shot
Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
Tiffany Hayes makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (DiJonai Carrington assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
DiJonai Carrington misses layup
Leigha Brown makes 3-foot layup (Tyasha Harris assists)
DiJonai Carrington makes two point shot
Leigha Brown misses 21-foot jumper
DiJonai Carrington makes two point shot
Victoria Vivians misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aliyah Boston misses layup
Victoria Vivians misses 15-foot jumper
Erica Wheeler makes 3-foot layup (Aliyah Boston assists)
Kelsey Mitchell misses 20-foot jumper
Aliyah Boston makes driving layup
NaLyssa Smith makes driving layup (Victoria Vivians assists)
Kelsey Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen blocks NaLyssa Smith 's 10-foot driving layup
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Aliyah Boston's driving layup
Aliyah Boston makes layup
NaLyssa Smith misses 12-foot two point shot
Kelsey Mitchell misses 15-foot two point shot
Maya Caldwell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Amanda Zahui B. misses 26-foot three point jumper
NaLyssa Smith misses driving floating jump shot
Grace Berger misses 24-foot three point jumper
Grace Berger misses 20-foot jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes driving layup
Erica Wheeler makes two point shot
Maya Caldwell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Erica Wheeler makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Aliyah Boston misses 26-foot three point jumper
NaLyssa Smith makes driving layup
Erica Wheeler makes driving layup
NaLyssa Smith misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Kelsey Mitchell makes driving layup (Victoria Vivians assists)
Erica Wheeler misses driving layup
Aliyah Boston misses two point shot
Kelsey Mitchell makes 25-foot three point jumper (NaLyssa Smith assists)
Aliyah Boston makes 6-foot two point shot
NaLyssa Smith makes 11-foot two point shot (Aliyah Boston assists)
Erica Wheeler misses two point shot
DeWanna Bonner blocks Aliyah Boston 's 5-foot driving layup
NaLyssa Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Erica Wheeler assists)
Victoria Vivians misses 30-foot three point jumper
Erica Wheeler misses 37-foot three point jumper
Erica Wheeler misses two point shot
Kelsey Mitchell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Grace Berger assists)
Aliyah Boston misses 18-foot jumper
Kelsey Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Mitchell makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Kelsey Mitchell misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Emma Cannon makes layup (Kelsey Mitchell assists)
NaLyssa Smith misses 6-foot two point shot
Aliyah Boston misses 16-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner blocks NaLyssa Smith 's 5-foot driving layup
Maya Caldwell misses 23-foot three point jumper
NaLyssa Smith makes 3-foot layup (Erica Wheeler assists)
Kelsey Mitchell misses 30-foot three point jumper
Kelsey Mitchell makes two point shot
Victoria Vivians misses three point jumper
Victaria Saxton misses pullup jump shot
Victoria Vivians misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks NaLyssa Smith 's 3-foot driving layup
Erica Wheeler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kelsey Mitchell assists)
Erica Wheeler misses driving floating jump shot
Kelsey Mitchell misses pullup jump shot
NaLyssa Smith makes 7-foot two point shot (Erica Wheeler assists)
Victoria Vivians misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Maya Caldwell misses 21-foot jumper
Grace Berger makes pullup jump shot
Emma Cannon misses 24-foot three point jumper

FEVER

SUN

TIME		IND	CONN
10:00	Aliyah Boston vs. DeWanna Bonner (Kelsey Mitchell gains possession)	0	0
9:42	Victoria Vivians misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:42	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	0	0
9:35	DeWanna Bonner makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	0	2
9:22	Aliyah Boston misses layup	0	2
9:21	Tiffany Hayes defensive rebound	0	2
9:08	Alyssa Thomas makes 8-foot two point shot (Tiffany Hayes assists)	0	4
8:51	Erica Wheeler bad pass	0	4
8:51	Erica Wheeler loose ball foul	0	4
8:30	Alyssa Thomas lost ball turnover (Aliyah Boston steals)	0	4
8:21	Tiffany Hayes shooting foul	0	4
8:21	Kelsey Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2	0	4
8:21	Fever offensive team rebound	0	4
8:21	Kelsey Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2	1	4
8:14	Aliyah Boston shooting foul	1	4
8:14	Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2	1	4
8:14	Sun offensive team rebound	1	4
8:14	Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	1	5
7:59	Victoria Vivians misses 15-foot jumper	1	5
7:58	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	1	5
7:48	Natisha Hiedeman misses 23-foot three point jumper	1	5
7:47	Victoria Vivians defensive rebound	1	5
7:26	Erica Wheeler makes 3-foot layup (Aliyah Boston assists)	3	5
7:10	Alyssa Thomas offensive foul	3	5
7:10	Alyssa Thomas turnover	3	5
6:59	Kelsey Mitchell misses 20-foot jumper	3	5
6:58	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	3	5
6:40	Natisha Hiedeman makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)	3	8
6:23	DeWanna Bonner personal foul	3	8
6:15	Aliyah Boston makes driving layup	5	8
6:00	Rebecca Allen misses two point shot	5	8
5:59	Alyssa Thomas offensive rebound	5	8
5:52	Tiffany Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	8
5:51	Victoria Vivians defensive rebound	5	8
5:41	Tiffany Hayes shooting foul	5	8
5:41	NaLyssa Smith misses free throw 1 of 2	5	8
5:41	Fever offensive team rebound	5	8
5:41	Olivia Nelson-Ododa enters the game for Tiffany Hayes	5	8
5:41	Grace Berger enters the game for Erica Wheeler	5	8
5:41	NaLyssa Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	6	8
5:29	DeWanna Bonner out of bounds bad pass turnover	6	8
5:04	NaLyssa Smith makes driving layup (Victoria Vivians assists)	8	8
4:48	Rebecca Allen makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	8	10
4:27	Grace Berger bad pass (DeWanna Bonner steals)	8	10
4:18	Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)	8	13
4:05	Official timeout	8	13
3:58	Kelsey Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	13
3:57	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	8	13
3:49	Natisha Hiedeman makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeWanna Bonner assists)	8	16
3:30	Rebecca Allen blocks NaLyssa Smith 's 10-foot driving layup	8	16
3:29	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	8	16
3:23	Olivia Nelson-Ododa makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	8	18
3:03	Olivia Nelson-Ododa blocks Aliyah Boston's driving layup	8	18
3:02	Aliyah Boston offensive rebound	8	18
3:01	Aliyah Boston makes layup	10	18
2:50	Olivia Nelson-Ododa misses layup	10	18
2:50	NaLyssa Smith defensive rebound	10	18
2:31	NaLyssa Smith misses 12-foot two point shot	10	18
2:27	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	10	18
2:20	Grace Berger personal foul	10	18
2:20	DiJonai Carrington enters the game for Natisha Hiedeman	10	18
2:20	Tyasha Harris enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	10	18
2:20	Emma Cannon enters the game for Aliyah Boston	10	18
2:20	Maya Caldwell enters the game for Victoria Vivians	10	18
2:04	shot clock turnover	10	18
1:51	Kelsey Mitchell misses 15-foot two point shot	10	18
1:48	DiJonai Carrington defensive rebound	10	18
1:45	Kelsey Mitchell shooting foul	10	18
1:45	DiJonai Carrington makes free throw 1 of 2	10	19
1:45	DiJonai Carrington makes free throw 2 of 2	10	20
1:34	Maya Caldwell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	10	20
1:32	DiJonai Carrington defensive rebound	10	20
1:24	Maya Caldwell blocks Olivia Nelson-Ododa's driving layup	10	20
1:23	Maya Caldwell vs. Olivia Nelson-Ododa (DiJonai Carrington gains possession)	10	20
1:23	Sun offensive team rebound	10	20
1:09	Rebecca Allen makes 26-foot three point shot (DiJonai Carrington assists)	10	23
56.1	Emma Cannon bad pass (Olivia Nelson-Ododa steals)	10	23
49.1	Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)	10	26
32.2	Emma Cannon offensive foul	10	26
32.2	Emma Cannon turnover	10	26
32.2	Leigha Brown enters the game for Rebecca Allen	10	26
19.2	Emma Cannon defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	10	26
19.2	Leigha Brown misses technical free throw	10	26
19.2	Sun offensive team rebound	10	26
6.0	DiJonai Carrington misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	26
4.0	Emma Cannon defensive rebound	10	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	10	26

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 4-0

Sun
70
Fever
61

Game 1

20/5

Fever
78
Sun
81

Game 2

31/5

Sun
88
Fever
72

Game 3

5/8

Fever
59
Sun
76

Game 4

9/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 9 September 2023

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 5,064

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
Angelica Suffren
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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