Indiana Fever<\/a>, playing without Caitlin Clark for a seventh straight game, beat the Seattle Storm 78-74 on Sunday to extend their winning streak to five.<\/p>\nAliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Her run of nine straight Indiana points in the middle of the fourth quarter put the Fever up 73-61 with 4:41 to play.<\/p>\n
The Storm charged back, pulling within 73-72 on a three-point play by Skylar Diggins with 3:14 to go. Kelsey Mitchell made a short jumper for Indiana before the Storm missed their next five shots, including four 3-pointers on one possession before Dominique Malonga scored inside with 12.2 seconds left.<\/p>\n
On the ensuing inbounds play, Lexie Hull got the ball to Mitchell for a layup with 8.1 to go and the Storm couldn’t hit a tying 3 before Boston’s free throw.<\/p>\n
Sophie Cunningham added 17 points for the Fever (17-12), who are now 9-7 in games Clark missed.<\/p>\n
Nneka Ogwumike scored 16 points for the Storm (16-13), who dropped their second straight at home. Diggins added 13 points and Gabby Williams and Malonga both had 12. Seattle lost to Los Angeles 108-106 in two overtimes on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Indiana led 19-16 after one quarter and had an 8-0 surge late in the second to lead by 10 before Seattle scored to make it 42-34 at the half.<\/p>\n
The Fever went up 55-42 on Cunningham’s 3-pointer midway through the third quarter but the Storm closed on a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to 58-54 entering the fourth. Indiana didn’t have a field goal over the last 4 1\/2 minutes.<\/p>\n
Olympic gold medal gymnast Jordan Chiles was courtside for the game, which drew 16,819 fans.<\/p>\n
INDIANA (78) \u2014<\/strong> Howard 10-12 1-1 21, K.Mitchell 3-16 3-4 9, Boston 7-11 2-3 16, Cunningham 5-6 3-4 17, McDonald 4-10 1-1 9, Bibby 0-1 0-0 0, Dantas 3-7 0-0 6, Colson 0-1 0-0 0, Hull 0-3 0-0 0. Totals: <\/strong>32-67 10-13 78.<\/p>\nSEATTLE (74) \u2014<\/strong> Ogwumike 7-20 1-2 16, Williams 5-9 2-2 12, Magbegor 3-5 2-2 8, Diggins 4-9 5-7 13, Wheeler 4-10 0-0 9, A.Clark 0-2 0-0 0, Malonga 6-10 0-0 12, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, T.Mitchell 1-3 2-2 4. Totals:<\/strong> 30-68 12-15 74.<\/p>\nIndiana 17 25 16 20 \u2014 78<\/p>\n
Seattle 16 18 20 20 \u2014 74<\/p>\n
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