INDIANAPOLIS, IN —The Aces ‘Big Four’ of Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young combined for 66 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces (24-13) to a 78-74 win, completing a season sweep of the Indiana Fever (19-19). Gray led all scorers with 21 points, Plum had 18, Wilson posted a double-double of 15 points and 17 boards and Young chipped in 12 points.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 20 points to lead the Fever.
The Aces win, coupled with Seattle’s 83-31 victory over the Dallas Wings this evening, keeps Las Vegas a game ahead of the Storm (23-14) with three games to play in the race for 4th place in the WNBA standings. The Aces currently own the tie-breaker against Seattle having beaten the Storm in 2 of the 3 previous meetings between the clubs. They play one another for a 4th and final time during the regular season on Sept. 17 in Seattle. The Aces also could still pass Connecticut (26-10) in 3rd place, as they trail the Sun by 2.5 games. Connecticut plays at Phoenix later tonight.
The Aces shot 28 of 70 from the field (.400) and 9 of 30 from 3-point range (.300), while the Fever made 28 of 62 (.452) overall and 7 of 23 (.304) from distance.
Indiana made 11 of 20 free throws while Las Vegas went 13 of 18.
The Fever outscored Las Vegas 34-26 in the paint, 5-2 on second chances and 11-5 on the fast break.
The Aces scored 9 points off the Fever’s 15 turnovers and gave 8 points off their own 9 miscues.
The Aces dished out 22 assists on 28 field goals (Gray and Young had 6 each). In contrast, the Fever had 17 assists on 28 made field goals.
The Fever bench outscored the Aces reserves 17-12.
