Liberty downs Fever for first 2-0 start since 2016 season

<p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; Betnijah Laney scored 20 points and Sabrina Ionescu scored 12 and New York beat Indiana 73-65 on Sunday.</p>
<p>Michaela Onyenwere scored 11 points and Jazmine Jones 10 for New York, which hasn’t won its first two games to start a season since 2016.</p>
<p>After Kelsey Mitchell’s 3-pointer brought the Fever to within 20-15 with 5:05 left in the first quarter, New York closed the quarter with an 11-3 run.</p>
<p>The Liberty led 41-35 at halftime before Danielle Robinson made a pair of free throws to reduce Indiana’s deficit to four early in the third but the Fever never got closer.</p>
<p>Mitchell paced Indiana (0-2) with 16 points, Danielle Robinson added 13 and Tiffany Mitchell 12. Jantel Lavender grabbed 16 rebounds and Teaira McCowan 10 rebounds.</p>
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