Aliyah Boston's career-high 31 points sinks Seattle Storm in 94-86 loss to Fever

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SEATTLE, WA - JUNE 24: Aliyah Boston #7 of the Indiana Fever drives to the basket as Skylar Diggins #4 of the Seattle Storm plays defense during the game against the Seattle Storm on June 24, 2025 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. (Jane Gershovich / NBAE / Getty Images)

SEATTLE - While the Seattle Storm managed to keep Caitlin Clark in check on Tuesday night, Aliyah Boston had a career-high 31 points and Kelsey Mitchell delivered a season-high 26 in a 94-86 Storm loss to the Indiana Fever.

Clark finished with a season-low six points, which is the second-lowest total of her career. Clark managed just three points in a 104-68 loss to the New York Liberty last season. Clark's prior season-low was 11 points, which came in contests against the Golden State Valkyries last week, and the Atlanta Dream in mid-May.

Meanwhile, Seattle's star tandem of Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins were unable to match the scoring surge from Indiana.

Ogwumike was just 5-for-12 from the field for 16 points herself as a run of three straight 20-point games was snapped by Indiana. Diggins led Seattle with 22 points with six assists, and Erica Wheeler came off the bench against her former team to score 20 with five made 3-pointers.

Clark is in a massive shooting slump for the Fever. Typically a sharpshooter, Clark is 1-for-23 from 3-point distance over her last three games, including 0-for-6 on Tuesday night, and 1-for-10 in her last game against the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday. Her fifth missed 3 of the night was an air ball, and the sixth clanged off the front of the rim.

But while Clark struggled to find the bottom of the hoop herself, she did create several chances for her teammates. Clark had nine assists and three steals for Indiana as they pulled away from the Storm in the second half.

Lexie Hull scored 10 of her 15 points in the third quarter as part of a 30-point period that allowed the Fever to stretch a six-point halftime lead into a commanding 75-58 lead. Seattle was out-rebounded 38-21 and turned it into 20 second-chance points along with 52 points in the paint.

Back-to-back 3's from Erica Wheeler cut the Indiana lead to 11 with 2:40 left to play, but Boston matched each with baskets of her own to keep Seattle from getting too close. Wheeler added a pair of free throws to make it a 90-79 game, and a Diggins block on Lexie Hull gave Seattle the ball with 1:51 remaining.

Wheeler made another 3 with 27.8 left to make it a 93-86 game, but the hill was too high to climb for Seattle.

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