Kelsey Mitchell continued her scoring spree with 27 points and reserve Sophie Cunningham matched her career high of six 3-pointers while scoring 20 points to help the Indiana Fever post a resounding 109-75 victory over the host Las Vegas Aces on Sunday night.
Aliyah Boston added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Fever (14-9). Caitlin Clark had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists while Monique Billings and Tyasha Harris scored 10 points apiece for Indiana.
A’ja Wilson had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Las Vegas (17-7) but the four-time MVP made just 9 of 23 shots.
Jackie Young added 15 points in the second half of a back-to-back for the Aces. Las Vegas set a franchise record with a 48-point margin of victory (106-58) on Saturday against the visiting Phoenix Mercury.
Mitchell has scored 26 or more points in six consecutive games for Indiana, which defeated Las Vegas for the second time in eight days.
The Fever opened this four-game road trip with an 84-68 victory on July 5 against the Aces. Indiana went 3-1 on the excursion.
The Fever shot 55.9% from the field, including 15 of 31 from 3-point range. Cunningham made five treys in the second half when Indiana outscored the Aces 50-27.
Las Vegas made 39.1% of its attempts and was 4 of 17 from behind the arc in the game.
Indiana led 80-64 entering the final stanza before Boston drove for a basket and Clark added two hoops to cap a 20-2 surge and give the Fever a 22-point advantage.
Two minutes later, Cunningham buried a 3-pointer to push the lead to 91-66 with 5:44 left.
Cunningham sank her fifth 3-pointer and Mitchell followed with two free throws to make it 96-70 with 3:19 remaining.
Cunningham made one last trey to push the advantage to 102-73 with 2:18 to go.
Las Vegas trailed by 11 at halftime but opened the third quarter with seven straight points to move within 59-55.
It was again a four-point margin after Dana Evans — making her season debut after a left leg injury — connected on a trey with 3:28 left. However, Mitchell answered with a 3-pointer and Harris added a basket to give Indiana a 71-62 advantage with 1:50 remaining as part of a quarter-ending 14-2 burst.
Young followed with two free throws for the Aces before Cunningham canned two treys in 34 seconds to give the Fever a 77-64 advantage. Billings added a three-point play with 24.1 seconds left to give Indiana a 16-point lead.
Mitchell scored 20 first-half points as Indiana led 59-48 at the break. Wilson had 12 points in the half for the Aces.
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