Key Takeaways
- Indiana beat Connecticut 111-91 on Friday, Aug. 28; the Fever are 26-14 through 40 games, per Hawk Central.
- Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell each scored 34 — the first WNBA teammates to both clear 30 in back-to-back games, per ESPN.
- The pair scored or assisted on 92 of Indiana's 111 points, third most in league history, per the Elias Sports Bureau.
- It was Indiana's final game before a three-week FIBA Women's World Cup break; Clark, Aliyah Boston and coach Stephanie White are headed to Berlin.
The Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 111-91 on Friday night in Indianapolis, and the box score reads like a copy-paste error: Caitlin Clark 34 points, Kelsey Mitchell 34 points. According to ESPN, that made them the first teammates in WNBA history to each score at least 30 in consecutive games — they had just done it Sunday in Chicago. Clark added 12 assists, and per the Elias Sports Bureau via ESPN, the two guards scored or assisted on 92 of Indiana’s 111 points, the third-highest total ever recorded in a WNBA game.
Then everyone scattered. This was Indiana’s last game before a three-week league break for the FIBA Women’s World Cup, which is the part that turns a routine blowout of a 10-win team into a bookmark.
Two 34-point nights, one backcourt
Clark finished with 34 points and 12 assists. Mitchell finished with 34 points. Per ESPN, it was the fourth game this season in which both have cleared 30, extending their own WNBA single-season record for a duo — and the first time in league history that the same two teammates have done it in consecutive games.
Clark’s half of it carries a separate record. Hawk Central reports she became the first WNBA player to post 30-plus points and 10-plus assists in back-to-back games: 37 and 10 on Sunday in Chicago, per Yahoo Sports, then 34 and 12 on Friday. ESPN counts it as her fifth 30-point, 10-assist double-double of the season.
Mitchell’s streak is quieter and, in its own way, more relentless. Friday was her 24th consecutive game scoring at least 20 points, according to ESPN.
The number that explains the blowout: 92 of 111
The cleanest way to describe what Indiana’s backcourt did on Friday is that it did almost everything. The Elias Sports Bureau, via ESPN, logged Clark and Mitchell as having scored or assisted on 92 of the Fever’s 111 points — roughly 83% of the offense, and the third-highest such total in any WNBA game.
The all-time mark ahead of it belongs to the same two players, five days earlier. Per ESPN, Clark and Mitchell set the record on Sunday at the Chicago Sky with 98 — in a 113-90 road win, according to Yahoo Sports. Aliyah Boston, the third pillar of that offense, scored 14 on Friday.
Connecticut led 28-14 — and then it was over
The first quarter did not follow the script. ESPN reports the Sun built a 28-14 lead before Indiana ripped off a 10-0 run spanning the end of the first quarter and the start of the second, nearly erasing the whole deficit. Clark and Mitchell then combined for the first 12 points of an 18-2 run to close the half, and Indiana went to the locker room ahead 58-43.
Connecticut made one more push, cutting it to 62-52 midway through the third. Indiana answered with a 14-5 run that pushed the margin to 76-57. In ESPN’s words, “the Sun never recovered.”
Clark’s full line, and the health subtext underneath it
The stat sheet, per Hawk Central: 33 minutes, 12-of-19 from the field, 6-of-12 from three, 4-of-6 at the line, 34 points, 12 assists, five rebounds, three steals, five turnovers.
The more meaningful context is what those 33 minutes represent. Clark was limited to 13 games last season because of injuries and dealt with back problems earlier this year, per ESPN. Asked about it Friday, she said she feels “probably the best I’ve ever felt in my career.”
“I think it was a battle for the first 20 games for me to really find my confidence again, mostly in my body,” Clark said, per ESPN. “Now I feel like just playing, not thinking.”
Stephanie White reached all the way back to Phoenix
Asked to describe her backcourt, Fever coach Stephanie White went looking for a comparison and landed on Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter, the guards who helped carry the Phoenix Mercury to WNBA titles in 2007 and 2009, according to ESPN.
“You think back to those Phoenix days, like they were a dynamic backcourt that could put up big numbers, could both get their own shot, could get other people involved,” White said. “But it’s been a long time since we’ve seen the explosiveness of two players like what Kelsey and Caitlin have been doing, and doing it with remarkable consistency.”
Connecticut’s night, and Mitchell’s 911th assist
Diamond Miller led the Sun with 19 points and Nell Angloma added 17, per ESPN, for a team that has now lost six of its past eight games. Connecticut came in at 10-28 and long since eliminated from the playoff race, according to Yahoo Sports — 14th in the league standings with 10 wins all season, as Tom’s Guide framed it before tip-off. Their most recent outing was an 89-64 home loss to the Golden State Valkyries in which Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 17 points with four assists in just over 16 minutes, per Yahoo Sports.
Indiana, meanwhile, had already clinched a playoff berth after a five-game road trip that produced three wins, per Tom’s Guide, and sat fifth in the standings entering Friday with only three games separating the No. 3 and No. 8 seeds, per Yahoo Sports. That is a seeding scramble with the same flavor as the AL West’s late-season mess in baseball: every result moves somebody two spots.
One quieter milestone got buried in the run: during the third quarter, Mitchell dished her 911th career assist, moving past current Fever assistant coach Briann January into second place on Indiana’s all-time assists list, per ESPN.
What happens next
Nothing, for three weeks. The WNBA pauses for the FIBA Women’s World Cup, and Indiana loses Clark, Boston and White to Berlin, per ESPN — a strange way to interrupt a team that has won seven of its last nine. The American sports calendar will not wait for them either: college football’s Labor Day weekend slate swallows the next several days, and basketball fans looking for a fix will mostly be reading about the NBA’s 2026-27 schedule until the WNBA restarts.
When it does, Indiana’s run-in is compact and televised. Per Hawk Central, the Fever play at the Toronto Tempo on Sept. 18 (6:30 p.m. CT, ION), host the Washington Mystics on Sept. 20 (3 p.m. CT, NBA TV) and host the Minnesota Lynx on Sept. 22 (7 p.m. CT, ESPN). With three games separating the No. 3 and No. 8 seeds before the break, per Yahoo Sports, that stretch is effectively a seeding tournament — and the open question is whether a duo averaging this kind of output can hold it together after three weeks apart, with Clark and Boston playing high-stakes international minutes in the middle of the layoff.
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For the record: the Elias Sports Bureau told ESPN the 92 points Clark and Mitchell scored or assisted was the third-highest total in WNBA history — they set the record with 98 five days earlier.
FAQ
What was the final score of Sun vs. Fever on Aug. 28, 2026? Indiana beat Connecticut 111-91 at home in Indianapolis, per ESPN. The Sun actually led 28-14 in the first quarter before Indiana closed the half on an 18-2 run.
How many points did Caitlin Clark score against the Sun? 34, on 12-of-19 shooting and 6-of-12 from three, with 12 assists, five rebounds and three steals in 33 minutes, per Hawk Central. Kelsey Mitchell also scored 34.
Why is there no Fever game for three weeks? The WNBA is on a three-week break for the FIBA Women’s World Cup, per ESPN. Clark, Aliyah Boston and head coach Stephanie White are all going to Berlin for the tournament.
When and where do the Fever play next? Sept. 18 at the Toronto Tempo (6:30 p.m. CT on ION), then home games against Washington on Sept. 20 (NBA TV) and Minnesota on Sept. 22 (ESPN), per Hawk Central. Friday’s game aired on ION, with free streaming through Tubi in the U.S. and WNBA League Pass abroad, per Tom’s Guide.
