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Kelsey Mitchell Sets WNBA Record With 16th Straight 20-Point Game
Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points in the Indiana Fever's 90-86 win over the Chicago Sky on Saturday at the United Center, her 16th consecutive game of at least 20 points and the longest single-season run in WNBA history.A'ja Wilson previously held the single-season record at 15. Mitchell matched that record Thursday with 28 points in Indiana's 86-84 loss to Las Vegas.Wilson maintains the record with 20 consecutive wins, a streak that covered the 2023 and 2024 seasons.Mitchell ended Saturday's game with a shooting 11-of-22 from the field and 3-of-9 from three-point range.She successfully made both free throws she took. Additionally, she grabbed 5 rebounds and added 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.She was the top scorer on the court, with no other player from either team surpassing her.In the teams' June matchup, Chicago kept Mitchell below 20 points, as she finished with 19 on 7-of-17 shooting.Mitchell's scoring streak kept growing as she surpassed various milestones. On July 18, in a 108-88 victory against the New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, she scored 33 points, marking her 10th consecutive game with at least 20 pointsthe ninth-longest streak in league history.This also extended her streak to 41 consecutive games with double-digit points, a franchise record, and the 23rd-longest overall streak in league history. Additionally,it was her fourth 30-point game of the season, tying the Indiana single-season record set by Caitlin Clark in 2024 and by Mitchell herself in 2025.Last season, it took her 35 games to reach four 30-point games.The 33 points that night were her 128th career game of at least 20 points, moving her past Candace Parker for 12th on the league's all-time list. Mitchell had played 303 games at that point.Her double-figure scoring streak reached 47 games on Saturday.Mitchell averaged a career-high 20.2 points in 2025 along with 3.4 assists and 1.8 rebounds, and she appeared in all 44 regular-season games and all eight postseason games. She and Wilson were named the league's Players of the Month for July.Clark scored 26 points with 4 rebounds and 11 assists against the Sky. She went 5-of-6 from 3-point range. Aliyah Boston tallied 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Makayla Timpson added 10 points. Sophie Cunningham contributed 3 points, 1 rebound, and 2 steals.Sky guard DiJonai Carrington was ejected in the first quarter on a flagrant 2 for a hard foul on Cunningham. Chicago played without leading scorer Sydney Taylor, who is out with a groin injury. Natasha Cloud and Rachel Banham scored 17 points apiece, and Kamilla Cardoso had 14 points and 9 rebounds.Indiana outscored Chicago 31-19 in the second quarter and led by as many as 17. Mitchell hit shots down the stretch as the Sky cut the margin to 4 in the fourth.Thursday's 86-84 loss to Las Vegas ended on a Chelsea Gray 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer.Indiana sits atop the Eastern Conference at 20-12 with 12 games still to go. Chicago is 12-20. Mitchell can extend the streak Tuesday against the New York Liberty.
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