Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun 5/20/22 - WNBA Picks & Predictions

The Indiana Fever look to snap a two-game losing streak when visiting the Connecticut Sun on Friday. Indiana is 2-4 following its 101-79 loss to the Atlanta Dream. Indiana has lost two straight to Atlanta. In Tuesday’s 22-point loss, the leading scorer for Indiana was Victoria Vivians with 16 points. Indiana is fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, 2 ½ games behind co-leaders Washington and Atlanta.

Kelsey Mitchell is leading Indiana in scoring and assists with averages of 19.2 points and 4.0 assists per game, while rookie NaLyssa Smith is the second leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 13.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Indiana has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 79.8 points per game.

Connecticut looks for its third consecutive victory when hosting Indiana on Friday. The Sun opened the season with an 81-79 loss on the road to the New York Liberty, but bounced back with two straight wins including a 92-65 rout of the Liberty on Tuesday. DeWanna Bonner scored 16 points in her season debut for the Sun on Tuesday, while Natasha Heideman scored15 points. Connecticut is third in the Eastern Conference standings, one game behind first place.

Alyssa Thomas is the leading scorer for Connecticut with an average of 20.0 points per game, while Jonquel Jones is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.3 rebounds per game and Jasmine Thomas is the leader in assists with an average of 3.3 assists per game. Connecticut has five players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team in scoring an average of 82.7 points per game.