After an initially tough outing against the Toronto Tempo on Friday, the Indiana Fever shooting guard Kelsey Mitchell sat in the corner of the team locker room. Her hair down, the towel wrapped around her shoulders, and no expression on her face. After all, she had recorded yet another 33-point game after a long trip to Ontario. Meanwhile, the team kept scrambling as if nothing had happened. But just as head coach Stephanie White entered the room, everyone burst out cheering, with confetti in the air. Kelsey thought White had broken another record with the win. But as her teammates broke into the chants of “Kelsey! Kelsey!,” she quickly put two and two together. And yet, she didn’t exactly know what had happened.

She is still two games away from breaking A’ja Wilson’s record for most 20-plus-point games. So that wasn’t it. Once she was done celebrating, she asked the most obvious question: “What did I do?” Well, Kelz, despite a bloody night for your teammate Lexie Hull and an officiating trouble-filled outing for Aliyah Boston, you just gave the WNBA’s perennial MVP, Wilson, a run for her money!

With 7:57 remaining in the third quarter, Lexie Hull sent the ball to Mitchell on the left wing for an effortless 24-foot 3-point jumper, breaking the record that even the official WNBA account shared.

“Then, out of nowhere, everybody started coming my way, and I was like, ‘Oh,’ and I put two together that it was for me,” Mitchell said after the locker room celebrations.

She was also asked about whether she knew she had broken a record. The ever-so-humble shooting guard, obviously, didn’t.

“I think you just told me to be honest,” she said during the post-game interview on the live broadcast.

With a 33-point performance on 12-for-17 shooting from the field, Mitchell now has 1,034 points for the season. Wilson had 1,021 points in the 2024 season when she won an MVP award. But her record-breaking night didn’t end there.

In the Fever’s 27th win of the season, Mitchell’s seven three-pointers also broke the single-season franchise record for most threes, notching 123 triples by the end of the game. With the second-best average of 25 points per game in the league (Wilson leads with 26.1 ppg), she also scored at least 20 points for the 25th consecutive game, extending her WNBA record. Obviously, the big night had to have some reactions coming in, beginning with her backcourt partner, Caitlin Clark.

Caitlin Clark and more cheer for Mitchell’s successful Toronto outing

Ever since the beginning of the 2026 WNBA regular season, the Indiana Fever looked to have a great year. But no one would deny Kelsey Mitchell’s dominance. If you ask Clark, though, she believes her veteran partner doesn’t get as much flowers as she deserves.

“I don’t think people realize what she’s done this year and how insane it’s been,” Clark said about Mitchell. “It’s probably not talked about enough, especially in my opinion.”

Later, Clark also liked the Instagram post announcing Mitchell’s accomplishment and reposted it on her Story. Reporter Meghan L. Hall of USA Today also highlighted Mitchell’s hard work last night.

“1,023 points and counting…What a season for Mitchell. Incredible. Came on a fitting rainbow arc 3-ball,” she wrote on X.

The former Fever head coach, general manager, and current senior advisor to the team, Lin Dunn. The 79-year-old took to X to post “🎉💥🎉💥🎉💥” emojis, showcasing how big the accomplishment means to those close to Mitchell. Meanwhile, another presence on the floor who could’ve helped the team defensively against Tempo’s high-pace offense was taken out for a moment, disrupting her flow.

Lexie Hull left bloodied after taking a hard hit

The Toronto Tempo is the sixth-fastest team in the league right now, averaging 97.24 in pace. While the Indiana Fever is the third-fastest at 99.20 and is offensively the best team with 97.1 ppg, they still needed some defensive help. That’s exactly where Lexie Hull comes in.

Hull has become a key piece in the team’s perimeter defense. So, even though Hull’s scoreboard doesn’t reflect it, she brings a lot to the table for the Fever. However, early in the rather physical game, the forward got hit hard in the face.

After playing much of the first half, Hull was hit by a Tempo player and was left bloodied. She immediately walked over to the bench, where the Fever’s medical team looked into it. It was a nosebleed and nothing serious. After some rest and cotton swabs to stop the bleeding, Hull managed to return to the game. Coach White also did not have an update on her.

“I’m not sure,” White said in her post-game presser. “I haven’t talked to the medical team about where she is right now, but she seemed to be doing okay on the bench. But we’ll probably have more information for you tomorrow.”

Lexie Hull finished the win with five points on 2-for-5 shooting from the field in 13 minutes of floor time. While she was not exactly able to help her team last night, Aliyah Boston also had a slow start, which only got more frustrating with officiating blunders.

Aliyah Boston’s slow start gets capped by an officiating mistake, and she made sure they knew it

The tough night for the Fever only got worse when the officiating was not as equal as they would’ve liked. And Aliyah Boston didn’t mind showing her frustration to the ref without saying a word.

“Wow, the refs actually corrected their own bad call without being forced to. Growth!” a fan posted on X. “Aliyah making sure he knew though lmaoooo.”

In the video, Boston walked alongside referee Josh Reed, staring at him with a confused expression on her face. The call was apparently overturned on review, without the team having to contest it. But Boston wasn’t the only one making it clear just how unfair the calls were last night. Clark said as much during the halftime interview.

“We gotta stop fouling,” Clark replied bluntly. “Whether they’re fouls or not, they’re probably not, but they’re calling them anyway, so we gotta get our hands out.”

While both teams ended with 21 fouls, the discrimination in the free throws was obvious. The Tempo were shooting only 33% by halftime, but piled up points at the line, going 8 for 13. The Fever, meanwhile, were just 2 for 3 at that point. The Fever still pulled away for a big win on the road, but still only had 20 trips to the charity stripe, going for 16. The Tempo, on the other hand, went 30 times to the free-throw line to shoot 19.

Next, the Fever will host the Washington Mystics at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where Mitchell will hope to tie Wilson’s record for most 20-plus-point games as the team vies for a home advantage by beating Atlanta to the first spot in the standings and a co-MVP award for Clark and Mitchell.