Game Preview: Fever Host Mercury on Wednesday Night
Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 3:41 pm
Indiana Fever vs Phoenix Mercury
Wednesday, July 30
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7:00 p.m. ET
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Broadcast Information
TV: FanDuel Sports Network/ESPN3
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan
Probable Starters
Indiana Fever (14-12)
Guard – Aara McDonald
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Forward – Sophie Cunningham
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston
Phoenix Mercury (16-9)
Guard – Monique I Makani
Guard – Kahleah Copper
Forward – Alyssa Thomas
Forward – Natasha Mack
Center – Satou Sabally
GAME PREVIEW:
The Fever (14-12) will look to win a third straight game to close out July when they host the Phoenix Mercury (16-9) on Wednesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Indiana won 80-70 over Las Vegas last Thursday then beat the Sky 93-78 on the road in Chicago on Sunday. All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell has been on a tear this month for the Fever and dropped a season-high 35 points while going 12-for-19 from the field and 7-for-10 from 3-point range on Sunday. Mitchell is averaging 22.2 points over 10 games in July, the second-highest scoring average in the WNBA this month.
The Mercury have been one of the league’s top teams all season long. They scuffled recently, dropping three straight games before bouncing back with an 88-72 win on Sunday in Washington.
Satou Sabally, the second overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft, leads Phoenix in scoring at 18 points per game and also contributes 7 rebounds per contest. Six-time All-Star Alyssa Thomas contributes 15.7 points, 8 rebounds, and a league-leading 9.4 assists per game.
This is the first of three meetings this season between the Fever and the Mercury. This will be the first time that Fever wing Sophie Cunningham faces her old team. Cunningham was drafted by the Mercury in 2019 and spent her first six professional seasons in Phoenix.
On the other side, DeWanna Bonner will face the Fever for the first time since departing the team earlier this season. Bonner, the WNBA’s third all-time leading scorer, signed with Indiana in the offseason but played in just nine games for the Fever before mutually parting ways with the organization on June 25. Bonner signed with Phoenix, where she originally played from 2009-19 on July 8.
