INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tamika Catchings scored 16 points to help the Indiana Fever defeat the New York Liberty 91-68 on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
Roneeka Hodges scored 15 points, Jeanette Pohlen added 12 and Katie Douglas had 11 for Indiana (4-0). The Fever made 13 of 26 3-pointers while New York made 5 of 17. The Fever made 22 of 27 free throws and committed just 12 turnovers. <\/p>\n
Indiana's reserves outscored New York's 52-18. <\/p>\n
Plenette Pierson scored 24 points on 10-for-13 shooting for the Liberty (0-5). Cappie Pondexter, New York's leading scorer, finished with 13 points on 4-for-15 shooting. Pierson and Pondexter were the only Liberty players to score in double figures. <\/p>\n
New York's past four losses have all been by double digits, by a combined 82 points. The teams play again Sunday at New York. <\/p>\n
Indiana, which entered the game as the No. 2 scoring team in the league, shot 47 percent from the field. <\/p>\n
The Fever shot just 6-for-19 from the field in the first quarter but made enough free throws to tie the score at 20 by the end of the period. <\/p>\n
Indiana heated up in the second quarter making 10 of its 16 shots to take a 49-36 halftime lead. Catchings scored 14 points in the first half and Hodges scored eight off the bench in the second quarter. The Fever made 6-of-13 three-pointers in the first half. <\/p>\n
New York cut Indiana's lead to nine points early in the third quarter before the Fever took control. A three-pointer by Shavonte Zellous pushed Indiana's lead to 60-45 and forced the Liberty to call a timeout. <\/p>\n
Catchings disagreed with a foul call, then made contact with an official and was issued a technical foul. New York made all three free throws to cut Indiana's lead to 12. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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