The Indiana Fever were staring disaster squarely in the face.

With their grip on a playoff spot slipping and another key player going down with injury, the Fever rallied from a 21-point deficit, forced overtime and escaped a third-straight loss to a sub-.500 team by managing to beat last-place Connecticut, 99-93 , on Sunday afternoon.

Sophie Cunningham left the game in the first half and did not return after suffering a knee injury when she collided with Connecticut's Bria Hartley. It's the latest health blow to a Fever roster a lready devastated with injuries to guards .

Indiana trailed by 19 at halftime, but managed to push the game to overtime, scoring 55 points in the second half. Led by another big day from Kelsey Mitchell, the Fever avoided a sixth loss in seven games to ke

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