ATLANTA — Nia Coffey had 16 points and 10 rebounds – her second double-double of the season and third in her six-year career – Rhyne Howard also scored 16 points and the Atlanta Dream defeated the Indiana Fever 75-66 Sunday.
Aari McDonald scored 12 points and Cheyenne Parker added 11 for the Dream (7-4).
Kelsey Mitchell hit a pull-up jumper for Indiana (3-10) to open the scoring, but Parker and Erica Wheeler made back-to-back baskets to give the Dream the lead for good with 8:27 left in the first quarter. Atlanta took a 29-26 lead into halftime before the Dream scored 32 points in the third quarter — their highest-scoring period of the season — to take a 17-point lead into the fourth.
Mitchell hit three 3-pointers and led the Fever with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting. The rest of the Indiana players shot 30.8% (16 of 52) from the field.
The Fever play their third consecutive road game Wednesday against Connecticut. Atlanta travels to Seattle to play Tuesday against the Storm.
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