Stephanie White addresses questionable decision in Fever-Sky game

Stephanie White discusses decision not to foul late in the game

During her postgame availability, reporters asked White about her decision not to tell her players to foul Skylar Diggins. The Fever were up three points, and fouling would have limited the Sky to a maximum of two points via free throws. Instead, Diggins forced overtime by knocking down a long 3-pointer.   

White acknowledged that she and her staff will discuss it as an area of opportunity.

“Yeah, I mean, I think we had time to take a foul,” White said. “You know, that’s probably something we worked on a lot in training camp and with game planning recently, but we haven’t worked on probably as much of that situation as we needed to. We talked about it as a staff. And then you’ve got to trust that you can go out and execute it in those moments too and we just decided to stay the match that time.

“We still talk about it after the game. I mean, that’s an area where we have opportunity. And I know as a coach and as a broadcaster, I love-hate the taking a foul thing. But we’ve got to have options both ways.”

The good news for White is that the Fever were able to finally close out the game in overtime.

The Fever will return to action on Saturday versus the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. They will play five of their next six games at home, giving White a chance to execute more practiced plays in front of their home fans.