INDIANAPOLIS â€" Erin Phillips scored 14 points, and Tamika Catchings did a little of everything else as the Indiana Fever defeated the Washington Mystics 68-57 on Saturday night for their sixth straight win.
Catchings had 10 points, seven rebounds, six steals, four assists and three blocks for the Fever (9-3), who have the best record in the league.
Catchings had five steals in the fourth quarter, and the Fever held Washington to seven points in the final period. The Mystics went scoreless for the final 4:53 as Indiana closed the game on a 9-0 run.
Nicky Anosike scored 12 points and Marissa Coleman added 11 for the Mystics (2-8). Washington's Crystal Langhorne, the league's No. 5 scorer with 18.1 points per game, sat out because of back pain.
Katie Douglas scored 12 points, and Shavonte Zellous and Jessica Davenport each added 11 for Indiana, which has won both games since point guard Briann January's season-ending ACL tear.
Washington shot 10 for 19 in the first quarter, but 12 for 38 the rest of the game.
Indiana won 89-80 at Washington on June 21 to start its win streak.
Zellous' acrobatic layup less than a minute into the fourth quarter gave Indiana its first lead of the game, 51-50, after the Fever had trailed by 11 points.
Indiana took control for good in a flurry late in the fourth. First, Catchings stole the ball and launched a long pass to Zellous, who tracked the ball down and scored.
On Washington's next possession, Catchings picked up her fourth steal, and Zellous converted again to give Indiana a 65-57 lead with 2:54 remaining.
Washington led 33-25 at halftime after holding the Fever to 32 percent shooting in the first 20 minutes.
Davenport's second basket of the third quarter trimmed the deficit to 36-35 and forced the Mystics to call timeout. Washington pushed its lead back to seven, with help from a 3-pointer by Coleman, but the Fever rallied again. A layup by Tammy Sutton-Brown as time expired in the third quarter cut Washington's lead to 50-49.
The Associated Press
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