Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever return from their Olympic break when they host the Phoenix Mercury on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Fever (11-15) enter the game in seventh place in the WNBA standings, just percentage points ahead of the eighth-place Chicago Sky (10-14). The top eight teams at the conclusion of the regular season on Sept. 19 will qualify for the playoffs. Meanwhile the Mercury (13-12) exit the break in six place in the standings, 2.5 games ahead of Indiana. Phoenix will be playing the second half of a back-to-back after Thursday’s game at Chicago.
Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Indiana is a 4-point favorite in the latest Fever vs. Mercury odds, while the over/under is 174.5. Before you lock in any Mercury vs. Fever picks or WNBA predictions, you need to see what SportsLine’s Calvin Wetzel has to say.
Wetzel, HerHoopStats.com’s lead betting writer, incorporates his mathematical background and strong knowledge of women’s hoops to turn the site’s prediction model into picks. After teaming up with Aaron Barzilai, a Ph.D. from Stanford, Wetzel is an incredible 1,385-988 (+372.33 units) on women’s college basketball picks since the start of the 2021-22 season. He’s also coming off a…
