Nurse, Charles lead New York past Fever in 87-81 OT win
INDIANAPOLIS -- Kia Nurse scored a career-high 34 points and Tina Charles added 23 and grabbed 10 rebounds and New York held off a late Indiana rally with an 87-81 overtime win Saturday night.
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.
Kiah Stokes grabbed 12 rebounds for the Liberty and Nurse -- who made 15 of 16 free throws -- had nine boards.
Mitchell led the Fever (0-6) with 26 points.
Regular Season Series
NY wins 2-1
Game Information
- Referees:
- Roy Gulbeyan
- Isaac Barnett
- Katie Lukanich
2023-24 Eastern Conference Standings
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 |