Both teams were without their best player, but the Fever still had Katie Douglas to rely on as they downed the Mystis 64-53.

Douglas scored 23 points in her Fever debut and her team outscored the Mystics by 12 in the final quarter. Lin Dunn on Douglas: [Katie] played a lot of minutes tonight. She knows how to score and will find a way to score. Now people should understand why we worked so hard to bring her here. Her defense caused some problems.”

The Fever's bench was also important to the victory. Four reserves were part of a critical 9-0 run for Indiana to start the fourth quarter.