INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cappie Pondexter scored 21 points, including the winning jumper with 8.1 seconds left to give the New York Liberty an 81-80 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday night.
Plenette Pierson added 13 points for the Liberty (2-0), who won after squandering an 18-point lead in the second half.
Katie Douglas had 27 points and Tamika Catchings added 13 points and six rebounds for the Fever (1-1). Douglas was 10 for 18 from the field, including a career high-tying six 3-pointers.
Briann January’s 3-pointer gave Indiana an 80-79 lead with 23 seconds to go — the Fever’s first advantage since the second quarter.
After Pondexter put the Liberty back ahead, Catchings missed a jumper at the buzzer.
