Fever blow out Sky 113-90 in first meeting since Carrington-Cunningham flagrant foul incident
Aug 23, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22), forward Monique Billings (25), forward Myisha Hines-Allen (2) and guard Sophie Cunningham (8) celebrate from the bench against the Chicago Sky during the second half at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images
Indiana Fever 113, Chicago Sky 90. That was the final margin on Sunday night at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, according to ESPN’s game recap. It was a lopsided result that snapped a two-game skid the Fever had been carrying against the Sky, per Athlon Sports, and it doubled as the long-awaited rematch that Dijonai Carrington had circled on her calendar two weeks earlier.
Clark and Mitchell combine for 67 points
Caitlin Clark torched Chicago for 37 points, going 8-of-12 from 3-points while also dishing 10 assists, according to IndyStar. Kelsey Mitchell added 30 points on 6-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc. Together, the Fever backcourt duo combined for 67 points on 14 made 3-points, an ESPN-sourced clip on YouTube noted, more than enough to bury the Sky by 23 points in front of a Chicago crowd.
Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever) - Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever)
| Caitlin Clark | Kelsey Mitchell | |
|---|---|---|
| PTS | 37 | 30 |
| REB | 3 | 2 |
| AST | 10 | 4 |
| STL | 1 | 2 |
| BLK | 0 | 1 |
The blowout was the latest chapter in a rivalry that had turned tense earlier in the month. Their August 8 meeting ended in a narrower 90-86 Fever road win, with Mitchell scoring 27 points and Clark adding 26, according to the Fever’s own team-site recap. That game is remembered less for the final score than for what happened in the first quarter.
No repeat of the flagrant foul drama
During that August 8 contest at the United Center, Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington was assessed a flagrant foul 2 and ejected for a foul on Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham, according to CNN. Carrington responded by posting “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on Threads after being tossed from the game, a post confirmed by CNN. ESPN reported that Carrington said she never claimed the flagrant foul 2 assessed against her in the game vs. the Fever was the result of white privilege, and said the foul itself “was never intentional,” per Yahoo Sports. Cunningham saw it differently, calling the foul “intentional,” per Fox News/OutKick, and rejecting the idea that race played a role in the officiating decision, according to the Christian Post.
Chicago Sky 90 - 113 Indiana Fever · WNBA · 23/08/2026
| Game | PTS | REB | AST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Sky | Gabriela Jaquez | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamilla Cardoso | 11 | 6 | 1 | |
| Jacy Sheldon | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Elizabeth Williams | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Aicha Coulibaly | 12 | 6 | 1 | |
| Natasha Cloud | 16 | 4 | 7 | |
| Azura Stevens | 14 | 8 | 2 | |
| Sydney Taylor | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Dijonai Carrington | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Rachel Banham | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| Skylar Diggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indiana Fever | Monique Billings | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Caitlin Clark | 37 | 3 | 10 | |
| Raven Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grace Vanslooten | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bree Hall | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aliyah Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mercedes Russell | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Michelle Onyiah | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | 5 | 7 | 3 | |
| Lexie Hull | 14 | 2 | 1 | |
| Makayla Timpson | 12 | 9 | 3 | |
| Kelsey Mitchell | 30 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sophie Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tyasha Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carrington made clear the storyline wasn’t over. “8/23,” she wrote on X on the Saturday of the incident, according to the New York Post, adding a beaming-face emoji to mark the date of the rematch.
When that date finally arrived, though, the buildup fizzled. The Associated Press, via oskaloosa.com, reported that “there were no major issues for Sophie Cunningham and DiJonai Carrington in Indiana’s 113-90 victory over Chicago Sunday.” The same account was echoed in AP’s version republished by click2houston.com, confirming that whatever tension lingered from the United Center never resurfaced at Wintrust Arena.
Instead, the night belonged to Clark and Mitchell, who buried the Sky under a barrage of 3-points and turned the much-anticipated rematch into a comfortable, 23-point Fever statement win.
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