Las Vegas (July 2, 2024)—The Las Vegas Aces (11-6) extended their winning streak to five games by defeating the Indiana Fever (8-13) 88-69 at home at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night. Kelsey Plum scored a game-high 34 points and led the Aces in scoring, while Aja Wilson added 28 points and 9 rebounds, Jackie Young had a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists and Kia Stokes Grabbed a team-best 12 boards.
Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 23 points, and Caitlin Clark added 13 points and 11 assists.
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First Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 26, Indiana 24)
The Aces jumped out to a 9-3 lead early in the game, but 6 consecutive Fever goals tied the score at 9. The Fever held a 13-11 lead midway through the quarter, but after Plum’s 3-pointer at 4:06 the Fever never got ahead in the game again. Plum led the Aces with 9 points and Mitchell tied for the Fever. Both teams hit 42.9% of their shots from the field, with the Aces making 6 of 14 and the Fever making 9 of 21. The Aces made 12 of 13 shots from the line while the Fever made 5 of 5 from the charity stripe.
Second Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 46, Indiana 37)
The Fever were still within 2 points at 6:31, but the Aces slowly extended their lead to 10 points, 44-34, with 1:43 left to play before halftime and went into the locker room with a 9-point lead. Wilson led all scorers in the frame with 10 points, while Elijah Boston’s 4 led Indiana. The Aces hit 9 of 19 from the field and 2 of 5 from 3-point range, while Indiana made 6 of 18 of its field goal attempts and 1 of 7 from distance.
Third Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 65, Indiana 59)
The Aces extended their lead to 11 early in the third quarter, but the Fever scored the next 6 points of the game to make the score 49-44. The margin remained in single digits the rest of the period. The Fever outrebounded the Aces 16-7. Indiana committed 4 turnovers, which the Aces converted into 8 points, while the Fever did not convert any of Las Vegas’ mistakes into points. Plum and Young scored 8 and 7 points, respectively. Kaitlin Clark’s 8 points led the Fever.
Fourth Quarter Highlights (Las Vegas 88, Indiana 69)
A 12-0 lead in the first 4 minutes of the final frame, with 10 of those points coming from Plum, put an end to any hopes the Fever had. The Aces outscored the Fever 23-10 in the quarter, shooting 47.4% from the field while limiting Indiana to 26.7% on their field goal attempts. Plum finished the quarter with 12 points and Mitchell scored 6 points for the Fever.
Key statistics
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The Aces shot 15 of 17 from the free throw line, while Indiana went 7 of 13.
Las Vegas made 9 of 25 (.360) 3-pointers while the Fever made 6 of 26 (.231). The Aces also connected on 45.1 percent (32 of 71) of their field goals while Indiana made 36.4 percent (28 of 77) of their field goals.
Las Vegas turned 16 Fever mistakes into 19 points, while Indiana converted 10 Aces turnovers into 6 points.
The Fever outshot the Aces 44-38, including 13-7 on the offensive end, and outscored the Aces 21-12 on second-chance points.
Game Notes
Wilson grabbed nine rebounds and now has 1,823 career rebounds and is three boards away from moving into 33rd place on the WNBA career rebounds list (Wendy Palmer, 1,825). Natalie Williams (32nd, 1,832), Plenette Pierson (31st, 1,834) and Cheryl Ford (30th, 1,907) are next on the list.
Wilson blocked five shots and now has 385 shots in her career — tied with Tamika Catchings for 14th-most in WNBA history. Tina Charles is 13th with 395.
Gray added 4 assists and now has 1,520 career assists – 9th most in WNBA history. Cappie Pondexter is 8th on the list with 1,578 assists.
Plum entered the game with 2,968 career points and scored his 3,000th point on an 8′ driving floater with 6:07 minutes remaining in the game. He now has 3,002 career points.
Plum’s 34 points marked the first time this season he has scored at least 30 points and the sixth time in his career.
Young’s 15-point, 10-assist double-double is his third point/assist double-double this season, and the third of his career.
The Aces welcomed 20,366 fans to T-Mobile Arena, the fifth-highest attendance for a game in WNBA regular season history and the most since 1999. Eight of the franchise’s top 10 attendance marks since moving to Las Vegas have come in 2024.
The aces were without services Tiffany Hayes Who was not with the team (individual).
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Las Vegas will remain at home on June 29 for a rematch against the Washington Mystics (5-15) on Thursday, July 4. The game kicks off at 7 p.m. PT, and will be broadcast nationally on Amazon Prime and locally on the Silver Stats Sports & Entertainment Network.
