Because the Indiana Fever made a push to the FIBA World Cup break, head coach Stephanie White reminded her crew to be the place your toes are.

Final Friday, the Fever recorded back-to-back wins of a minimum of 20 factors by dealing with the Connecticut Solar by 20 factors. They’re 26-14, probably the most wins in franchise historical past, and so they went into the break on a excessive be aware.

Now, because the WNBA hit pause on the season with 4 video games to go, a lot of the crew may lastly calm down understanding per week of trip was coming.

White, nevertheless, rapidly turned the web page to her subsequent function — certainly one of three assistant coaches underneath Kara Lawson for the World Cup in Berlin, together with Natalie Nakase (Golden State Valkyries) and Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury).

Video games get underway on Friday — Group USA face China at 8:15 a.m. ET — and White has the primary opponent scout.

She had completed some prep work, however as soon as her toes have been on the airplane heading throughout the Atlantic Ocean, she opened her laptop and shifted her consideration to Group USA.

Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston headed out the subsequent day, as each gamers have been named to the 12-player roster. They’ve each participated in a number of USA Basketball camps, however this will probably be their first time taking part in within the World Cup.