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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 16 | 10 | .615 | - | W3 |
| Indiana | 16 | 10 | .615 | - | W2 |
| New York | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2 | W1 |
| Washington | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.5 | W1 |
| Toronto | 10 | 16 | .385 | 6 | L3 |
| Chicago | 9 | 17 | .346 | 7 | L1 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 19 | .269 | 9 | L1 |
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