New York Liberty @ Indiana Fever
Nurse, Charles lead New York past Fever in 87-81 OT win
INDIANAPOLIS -- Kia Nurse scored a career-high 34 points and Tina Charles added 23 and grabbed 10 rebounds and New York held off a late Indiana rally with an 87-81 overtime win Saturday night.
Charles gave the Liberty the lead for good at 81-79 with 34.5 seconds left.
At the end of regulation, Kelsey Mitchell scored with 12.6 seconds to go to put Indiana up 71-69 before Charles made a pair of free throws with eight seconds left to force overtime. New York (2-2) built its largest lead at 53-33 on Charles' 3-point play with 6:45 left in the third quarter. Indiana closed to 58-52 with 19-3 run to end the quarter.
Nurse scored 11 points during a 16-0 run for a 35-19 lead with 5:12 remaining before halftime.
Kiah Stokes grabbed 12 rebounds for the Liberty and Nurse -- who made 15 of 16 free throws -- had nine boards.
Mitchell led the Fever (0-6) with 26 points.
Matchups
Game Information
Indianapolis, IN
Referee:Roy Gulbeyan
Referee:Isaac Barnett
Referee:Katie Lukanich
2025-26 Standings
| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 10 | 4 | .714 | - | W7 |
| Atlanta | 9 | 4 | .692 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Indiana | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.5 | W3 |
| Toronto | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3 | L2 |
| Washington | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4 | L1 |
| Chicago | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.5 | L3 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 13 | .133 | 8.5 | L5 |
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