INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Tamika Catchings matched her franchise record with 32 points and had 12 rebounds as the Indiana Fever beat the Orlando Miracle 70-63 on Wednesday night.

Catchings, the rookie star from Tennessee who leads the WNBA in scoring, was 5-of-9 from 3-point range to help Indiana (14-15) move into a fourth-place tie with Orlando in the Eastern Conference. She scored 22 points in the first half, 13 in a 3½-minute span.

Coquese Washington added 10 points and a franchise-record 11 assists in the Fever's fourth straight victory, also a club best.

Wendy Palmer, Nykesha Sales and Katie Douglas each scored 15 points for the Miracle.

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