Ready for Olympics: Catchings scores season-high 25 points

By News Sentinel staff

Originally published 12:50 a.m., July 28, 2008
Updated 12:50 a.m., July 28, 2008

PHOENIX — Former University of Tennessee guard Tamika Catchings scored a season-high 25 points including a pair of free throws with 11.4 seconds left to help the Indiana Fever to an 88-84 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday night.

WNBA scoring leader Diana Taurasi had 23 points for the defending champion Mercury, who go into the month-long Olympic break in Western Conference cellar, six games back of leader San Antonio.

Catchings, who came in averaging 10.7 points a game, hit 5-of-5 from beyond the arc, and grabbed a key offensive rebound with 13 seconds remaining after teammate Ebony Hoffman missed a 3-pointer

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