The Tri-Cities Fever put on a show in its final home game of the regular season Saturday night at Toyota Center.

The Fever, which had already clinched its first-ever Indoor Football League playoff spot, led from start to finish in a convincing 64-26 win over a make-shift Alaska Wild team.

Tri-Cities (7-6) finishes the regular season at home with a 5-2 record and has won six of its last seven games overall, heading into a key showdown with Pacific North Division leader Billings this coming Saturday night.

"We wanted to come out of this game healthy," said Fever coach Adam Shackleford. "That was our main goal."

The outcome was never in doubt against a Wild team that featured several players who had never played an IFL game before. The Wild franchise was shut down by the league in mid-May, awarding the remaining teams on the schedule a victory. However, the exception was Saturday night at Toyota Center. A mish-mash roster was put together in the past week and they were on the field Saturday night.

And while they gave a spirited effort and earned the respect of the Fever coaches and players, it simply wasn't enough.

Tri-Cities raced out to a 22-0 first-quarter lead and coasted from there. Starting quarterback Houston Lillard played just one quarter, completing all three of his passes for 44 yards and a touchdown. Andrew Carcich saw his first extended action of the season for the Fever after being picked up a few weeks ago.

Carcich was efficient, completing 7 of 8 passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for another score.

"It was good to get back on the field," he said. "I hadn't really played a lot since April."

The Fever defense continued its second-half onslaught of opposing offenses, recording a safety for the second week in a row. It also scored its league-leading 10th touchdown of the season. Blair Boynton recovered fumble in the end zone early in the fourth quarter to give Tri-Cities a 51-18 lead.

"We wanted to come out and run our basic stuff and not make mistakes," said linebacker Jo Artis Ratti.

Recently-signed Courtney Singleton looked good in his first start. The rookie running back from South Carolina had seven carries for 29 yards and two touchdowns.

Brandon Copeland led the Fever with three catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Four other Fever receivers had at least one catch.

After the game, the talk quickly shifted to next week's game at Billings to close out the regular season. Tri-Cities is 0-2 against the defending IFL champions this season.

"Our main focus right now is going to get a win in Billings," Ratti said.

Shackleford added, "They are the best football team we've seen this season. We want to go down there and play well."