Cardoso ratings career-high 23 points as Sky beat Wings 97-92

CHICAGO (AP)– Kamilla Cardoso scored a career-high 23 points and Courtney Vandersloot set franchise records for points and basket as the Chicago Sky beat the Dallas Wings 97-92 on Thursday night.Arike Ogunbowale

scored a season-high 37 points for the Wings and hit a 3-pointer that offered Dallas a 92-91 lead with 2:11 remaining. But Ogunbowale went 0 for 3 the rest of the way and the Sky closed with a 6-0 run.Advertisement Ogunbowale, who went into the

game balancing a career-low 13.8 points on 30%shooting, shot 14 of 25 from the field and 6 of 12 from 3-point range.Vandersloot ended up with 13 points, 9 helps and four takes.

She moved past her partner, Allie Quigley, into first in franchise history with 3,728 points and 1,394 basket. Quigley scored 3,273 points and had 1,386 field goals for the Sky from 2013-22. Vandersloot tied the record for field goals with a 3-pointer midway through the 2nd quarter. The two-time WNBA champion hit a pull-up jumper with 4:34 to go in the third to break Quigley’s scoring mark.Angel Reese scored inside to give the Sky the lead for great at 93-92 with 1:21 staying and completed with six points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.Advertisement LIBERTY 82, VALKYRIES 77 NEW YORK(AP )– Breanna Stewart scored 27 points and Sabrina Ionescu included 24 to help New York hold on to beat Golden State night and stay unbeaten.The groups satisfied on Tuesday and New York routed growth Golden State 95-67, leaping to a 17-point lead in the first quarter. The Valkyries were much more competitive 2 days later on, giving the defending champions all they could handle.New York took a 78-77 lead in the back-and-forth affair on two totally free tosses by Stewart with 1:35 left. Golden State had a couple of opportunities to retake the lead, but missed 3 3-pointers in the next 35 seconds. After a timeout, the Valkyries

then had a 5-second call on the inbounds, providing the Liberty the ball back with 43.6 seconds left.Advertisement The Liberty( 5-0) then ran the clock down on the next ownership before Natasha Cloud drove the lane for a layup to make it 80-77 with 24 seconds left.Golden State(2-3) had one last possibility but Cecilia Zandalasini missed a prospective tying 3-pointer and Cloud

hit 2 free throws.The game featured 20 lead modifications and 16 ties.Janelle Salaün led the Valkyries with 18 points and 13 rebounds.