AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Swin Cash and Edwina Brown each scored 10 points to lead the Detroit Shock to a 55-54 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday night.

It was the Shock's final home game of the season as they play their last two on the road.

The loss dropped Indiana (14-16) into a tie with Orlando for the fourth and final playoff berth from the WNBA's Eastern Conference. Both teams have two games left.

Detroit (9-21) won for the third time in four games and improved to 9-11 under Bill Laimbeer, who replaced Greg Williams as coach on June 19.

Tamika Catchings led Indiana with 21 points and 12 rebounds, but missed two shots in the final minute with the Fever trailing by a point. Nikki McCray added 10 points for Indiana.

Brown scored all 10 of her points in the first half as Detroit took a 36-33 lead.

The Shock broke the game's final tie when Dominique Canty scored three points in a 5-0 run that made it 48-43.

Two 3-pointers by Catchings kept the Fever close, but baskets by reserves Kelly Santos and Lenae Williams put the Shock up by six points with two minutes to play.

A basket by Jackie Moore and a 3-pointer by Niele Ivey brought Indiana within 55-54 with 1:12 left, and Indiana had a chance to win after a Detroit miss.

Catchings missed a shot, but Williams missed two free throws with 12 seconds left. Catchings drove to the basket, but couldn't score in traffic.

Williams missed two more free throws, but Santos grabbed the rebound as time expired.

Notes: The game matched two of the leading rookie of the year candidates in Cash and Catchings. The pair spent most of the game guarding each other. ... The crowd of 7,524 at The Palace at Auburn Hills couldn't help the Shock from finishing their fifth season with the league's worst home attendance. ... Indiana's Bridget Pettis left the game early in the second half after being poked in the eye.

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