Jonquel Jones leads New york city Liberty to success over Dallas
NEW YORK(AP )– Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the New York Liberty to an 85-76 victory over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday night.Leonie Fiebich scored 14 points and Emma Meesseman, playing her first home game for the Liberty because her return to the WNBA, included 13. Chants of”Emma!”broke out at Barclay’s Center following the victory.Advertisement Meesseman, a former finals MVP who last played in the league in 2022 before winning the EuroLeague Women’s MVP the last three seasons, scored 11 points in her season launching on Sunday in an 87-78 win over Connecticut.Paige Bueckers had 21 points, eight rebounds and four helps in the Wings ‘first game considering that Dijonai Carrington was traded to the Lynx. Dallas forward Maddy Siegrist scored 13 points in her very first game after missing out on 2 months due to a knee injury. Arike Ogunbowale scored 14. SKY 78, MYSTICS 64 CHICAGO (AP)– Elizabeth Williams had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Kamilla Cardoso included 16 points and
13 boards, and Chicago beat Washington to snap an eight-game losing streak.Advertisement Chicago (8-21)prevented being swept in the four-game regular-season series. The Sky had lost 6 directly against the Mystics and five in a row at home in the series.Shakira Austin
made a layup to open the scoring however Chicago duped a 14-0 go to take the lead for good. Cardoso had 12 points and 10 rebounds in the very first half– the 6-foot-7 center’s seventh successive double-double
and ninth this season. Cardoso’s layup at the buzzer gave the Sky a 35-28 lead at the end of the second quarter and the Mystics got no closer.Sonia Citron led Washington(13-16)with 13 points and Kiki Iriafen scored 10. The Mystics have actually lost three in a row and 6 of eight.Advertisement SPARKS 100, FEVER 91 LOS ANGELES(AP )– Rickea Jackson scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half, Kelsey Plum had
25 points and 11 helps, and Los Angeles beat Indiana for their seventh win in eight games.Jackson’s 3-pointer with 6:23 remaining in the 4th quarter provided Los Angeles a 90-68 lead. Indiana addressed with a 21-5 go to get within 95-89, however Azura Stevens made her fifth straight 3-pointer with 1:17 left for a nine-point result in assist seal the victory.Stevens completed with 19 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field, and Dearica Hamby added 16 points
for Los Angeles(13-15 ). Cameron Edge connected her profession high with 5 blocks in her third game back from an injury.Advertisement Caitlin Clark missed her 8th straight game due to a groin stress for Indiana( 17-13). Kelsey Mitchell led the Fever with 34 points, including 7 3-pointers.
Natasha Howard included 17 points and Aliyah Boston had her streak of double-doubles stopped at 6 by finishing with 15 points and nine rebounds.MERCURY 82, SUN 66 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 Phoenix beat Connecticut.Thomas has 14 career triple-doubles in the regular season and four more in the playoffs. There have actually been 50 triple-doubles in WNBA history(routine 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, likewise had successive triple-doubles in June 2023, in addition to in Game 3 and Game 4 of the 2022 WNBA Finals.Advertisement DeWanna Bonner struck 4 3-pointers and finished with 18 points for Phoenix (18-11), and Kahleah Copper scored 15. Marina Mabrey led Connecticut( 5-22 )with 18 points, and Tina Charles scored 16. Novice Leïla Lacan added 10 points, a season-high tying six takes and 5 rebounds. Lacan has at least one take in eight successive games and has 25 steals because span.LYNX 91, STORM 91 SEATTLE( AP )– Courtney Williams scored 14 of her 20 points in the 2nd half, Jessica Shepard included 13 points and 13 rebounds and Kayla McBride made 6 of 6 from the free-throw line in
the last 30 seconds
to assist Minnesota beat Seattle.Advertisement DiJonai Carrington– who was gotten from Dallas on Sunday in exchange for Diamond Miller, Karlie Samuelson and a 2027 second-round pick– made her debut for the Lynx and scored 13 points.McBride ended up with 14 points and Bridget Carleton scored 12 on 4 second-half 3-pointers. Nneka Ogwumike led the Storm with 23 points. Ogwumike moved past Lauren Jackson and DeWanna Bonner
into seventh in WNBA history with 140 career games scoring at least 20 points.