A scrappy match with lots of missed layups from both teams became Chicago's game to lose. They lost it, falling apart offensively, allowing a late run, and giving a road win to the hungrier Mystics.

Beard scored 25, Dupree 24; Chas Melvin tallied her three-thousandth point.

Has the Sun-Times stopped sending reporters to their home team's home games? Perhaps they'll send someone down I-65 today, when the Sky meet the Fever. The Indy Star's Michael Pointer examines his home team's best season yet.