The Indiana Fever meet the Toronto Tempo on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, and the game will be carried on, WOI Local 5 in Des Moines and WQAD in the Quad Cities. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT, giving fans in Iowa and beyond a clear window to watch one of the league’s more uneven rematches.
The timing matters because this is the second meeting between the teams, and the first one on June 16 was not close. Indiana won that game 113-91, setting a franchise record for points in regulation, and four Fever players scored at least 18 points. The follow-up comes with a wider audience, since local Iowa stations are joining on the broadcast for a game that already has a built-in draw.
Caitlin Clark is part of that draw after putting up 26 points and nine assists in Indiana’s 95-91 win against the Atlanta Dream on Aug. 16. She shot 45% from the field in that game and recorded her eighth outing this season with at least 25 points and eight assists, while Makayla Timpson scored a career-high 20 points and Kelsey Mitchell added 20 more. Mitchell also extended her WNBA-record scoring streak to 19 straight 20-point games, a stretch that has helped Indiana build momentum into this matchup.
That momentum runs headfirst into Toronto’s slide. Indiana enters at 23-12 and is trying to extend a four-game winning streak, while the Tempo are 10-23 and have dropped 10 in a row and 14 of 15. Marina Mabrey leads Toronto with 20.8 points per game, Isabelle Harrison is averaging 12.0 points and 5.7 rebounds, and Laura Juskaite adds 10.1 points, but the numbers have not been enough to stop the losses.
The contrast is what gives Tuesday night its edge. Indiana arrives looking like a team that has found its rhythm, and Toronto comes in trying to survive another one of the Fever’s high-scoring nights. The next thing to know is simple: this is the last confirmed date on the board for these two until the standings and the schedule say otherwise, and Clark will be one of the first names fans check when the tipoff comes.
