Dream beat – Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray led the Atlanta Dream to a 113-96 win over the Indiana Fever on Saturday night, a game that also marked Angel Reese as the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 1,000 career rebounds.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream didn’t just win. They took control in a packed State Farm Arena, turning a tight halftime score into a decisive third-quarter surge and leaving the Indiana Fever chasing the rest of the night.
Rhyne Howard scored 24 points and Allisha Gray added 22 as Atlanta beat Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever 113-96 on Saturday. It was the Dream’s third straight win, and it came in front of a sellout crowd of 17,044 at State Farm Arena, home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.
Angel Reese reached a career milestone during the game, becoming the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 1,000 career rebounds. She hit the mark in her 79th game and finished with 18 points and eight rebounds.
The Dream improved to 11-4 and picked up a second win over Indiana in three days, after earning a 108-101 road victory on Thursday.
For Indiana, Clark scored a team-high 26 points. Kelsey Mitchell had 16 points, and Aliyah Boston and Sophie Cunningham each scored 13.
Atlanta trailed 59-56 at halftime, then flipped the rhythm in the third quarter. The Dream outscored Indiana 28-15 in that stretch to take an 84-74 edge into the fourth. Jordin Canada scored eight of her 12 points in the quarter, while Naz Hillmon added 19 points for Atlanta.
Mitchell helped fuel Indiana’s early momentum, scoring 16 points in the first half as the Fever closed the second quarter with a 59-56 lead.
Beyond the matchup, the arena carried a hometown pulse of the sports world converging. South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley attended, along with the Hawks’ Jalen Johnson and C.J. McCollum, the Falcons’ Avieon Terrell, and Grammy-nominated singer Latto. Staley was welcomed with a standing ovation as she watched seven of her former players between the two teams.
Atlanta next plays Toronto on Monday night. Indiana hosts Phoenix on Monday night.
WNBA Atlanta Dream Indiana Fever Angel Reese Rhyne Howard Allisha Gray Caitlin Clark Jordin Canada Naz Hillmon
113-96 sounds like a blowout, why does it say it was tight at halftime?
Angel Reese getting 1,000 rebounds already is wild. Also Caitlin Clark still putting up numbers even in a loss like she can’t help it.
Fastest to 1,000 rebounds… does that mean she grabbed 1,000 rebounds in one season or something? Because 79 games is like college math lol.
Rhyne Howard 24 and Gray 22, okay. But what I don’t get is Atlanta was down at halftime 59-56 and then somehow outscored them 28-15 in the third… like did Indiana just fall asleep? And why were the Hawks and Latto there, is this some crossover event or what?