Fever beat Aces again as Caitlin Clark scores 12 in 24 minutes - ESPN

For the second time in eight days, the Indiana Fever beat the defending champion Aces in Las Vegas, hitting the 100-point mark for the eighth time this season, most in the WNBA, in a 109-75 win.

Indiana also won July 5 in Las Vegas, 84-68, but neither the Aces' A'ja Wilson nor the Fever's Caitlin Clark played in that game because of injuries. Both played Sunday.

Clark has been dealing with back issues that flared up June 24 and forced her to miss two games. She returned Wednesday, playing 16 minutes in a loss at Los Angeles, then sat out Thursday's win at Phoenix to avoid playing a back-to-back.

She said she hoped to play around 25 minutes against the Aces and came close to that, finishing with 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists in 24 minutes.

Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 27 points, her sixth consecutive game with at least 25 points.

Indiana (14-9) went 3-1 on its West Coast road trip and now has four straight games at home before the WNBA All-Star break, beginning Wednesday against Golden State.

The Fever's 34-point win tied its largest against the Aces franchise, in 2003 when the team was still in San Antonio as the Silver Stars.

«I thought our team was tough-minded,» Indiana coach Stephanie White said. «We're building consistency to these types of efforts. We're not always going to shoot the ball the way that we did, but I thought we found the best shot on the floor.»

Indiana shot 56% (38-of-68) overall and 48% (15-of-31) from 3-point range, going 18-of-19 (95%) from the foul line. Aliyah Boston had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Sophie Cunningham scored 20 points while going 6-of-7 from beyond the arc.

The Aces (17-7) did have some good news Sunday, as guard Dana Evans appeared in her first game of the