Alyssa Thomas has 2nd straight triple-double to lead Mercury previous

PHOENIX (AP)– Alyssa Thomas had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for her second straight triple-double and Satou Sabally scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting as the Phoenix Mercury beat the Connecticut Sun 82-66 on Tuesday night.Thomas has 14 profession triple-doubles in the regular season and 4 more in the playoffs. There have actually been 50 triple-doubles in WNBA history(regular season and playoffs combined )and no other player has more than Sabrina Ionescu’s 4. Thomas, who had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an 83-67 win over Chicago on Sunday, also had consecutive triple-doubles in June 2023, as well as in Video game 3 and Video game 4 of the 2022 WNBA Finals.Advertisement DeWanna Bonner struck 4 3-pointers and completed with 18 points for Phoenix

(18-11), and Kahleah Copper scored 15. Marina Mabrey led Connecticut (5-23)with 18 points, and Tina Charles scored 16. Rookie Leïla Lacan included 10 points, a season-high connecting 6 takes and five rebounds. Lacan has at least one steal in eight successive games and has 25 takes because span.The Mercury never ever tracked and leapt to a 10-2 lead as Connecticut missed it’s first 9 field-goal efforts before Bria Hartley made a driving layup more than 4 1/2 minutes into the game. Phoenix restricted the Sun to 13%(2 of 16)shooting and their lowest-scoring quarter of the season in the very first and took a 26-6 in the second.Charles struck a 3-pointer that topped a 12-2 run and cut the deficit to 30-22 with 4:35 left in the very first half, but Connecticut never ever got closer.Advertisement Phoenix beat the Sun 83-75 on the roadway June 18.

The Mercury play the second of four straight home games Thursday versus the Caitlin Clark-less Indiana Fever, and the Sun visit Los Angeles.

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