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A’ja Wilson, Aces cruise as Sun's skid reaches 10
MVP candidate A'ja Wilson shot 8-of-10 from the field and finished with a game-high 19 points and four blocks as the Las Vegas Aces posted an 86-68 wire-to-wire win over the host Connecticut Sun on Sunday.,Wilson's effort was one of four in double figures for the Aces (9-9), who are 2-1 on their fiv...
WNBA-leading Lynx dominate as Sun lose 9th straight
MVP candidate Napheesa Collier poured in 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx posted a season-high point total in a 102-63 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday in Minneapolis.,Collier scored 15 points in the third quarter as she recorded her 10th game of the season of 20-p...
Storm post wire-to-wire win over slumping Sun
Led by 24 points from Skylar Diggins, the Seattle Storm nabbed an easy 97-81 home win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night.,Seattle (10-6) never trailed, scoring 24 points in the first quarter and opening up a 44-43 lead on a pair of Ezi Magbegor free throws with 3:04 left in the half. Connectic...
Storm looking to bounce back against sputtering Sun
The Seattle Storm will look to rebound from a loss to the Indiana Fever by rebounding.,Seattle (9-6) was on the short end of a 38-21 margin on the glass on Tuesday, which allowed Indiana to claim a 94-86 win. The Storm also shot 8-for-28 (28.6 percent) from 3-point range. ,When the Storm have topped...
A’ja Wilson fastest to 5,000 points in Aces' rout of Sun
A'ja Wilson scored 22 points and became the fastest WNBA player with 5,000 career points as the Las Vegas Aces used a red-hot start to earn a 85-59 victory over the visiting Connecticut Sun on Wednesday., ,Jackie Young scored 20 points, Chelsea Gray had 15 and Jewell Lloyd added 13 as the Aces (7-7)...
A'ja Wilson has Aces back on track as Sun pay visit
Back on track after the second game of star center A'ja Wilson's return, the Las Vegas Aces will be out for more when they play host to the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday.,Wilson came back from concussion protocol on Friday, and while effective with 20 points and 14 rebounds, the Aces fell 90-83 at ho...
Valkyries leverage torrid second-quarter to win over struggling Sun
A 36-point second quarter blew up the game open as the Golden State Valkyries rolled to a 87-63 rout of the visiting Connecticut Sun on Sunday in San Francisco. ,Golden State (7-6) shot 10-of-18 from the floor (55.6 percent) in the pivotal period, while holding the sputtering Sun to a 4-of-16 clip i...
Paige Bueckers, Wings win at Connecticut for second time
Paige Bueckers scored 21 points -- 16 of them in the first half -- and dished out seven assists in her second return to her collegiate home as the Dallas Wings defeated the hapless Connecticut Sun 86-83 on Friday in a contest between the WNBA's bottom dwellers in Uncasville, Conn.,Dallas (3-11) led ...
Wings look for first winning streak as they visit Sun
The Dallas Wings seek consecutive victories for the first time this season when they travel to a game against the struggling Connecticut Sun on Friday in Uncasville, Conn.,The teams played earlier this year, with Dallas dominating 109-87 on May 27 in Connecticut to earn their first win in their fift...
Mercury take early lead, never look back in win vs. Sun
The Phoenix Mercury scored the first 10 points of the game and held on to beat the Connecticut Sun 83-75 Wednesday night in the return of Alyssa Thomas to Uncasville, Conn.,Thomas, who played her first 11 years in the WNBA with the Sun, returned for the first time as an opponent.,She had 14 points, ...
Mercury meet Sun, look to stay hot vs. subpar teams
The Phoenix Mercury will look to improve on their perfect record against teams with losing records when they face the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night at Uncasville, Conn.,The Mercury (8-4), which is 4-0 against below-.500 teams at the time they've played, will take on the Sun (2-9) after the latt...
Natasha Howard, Caitlin Clark help Fever rout Sun
Natasha Howard had a double-double, Caitlin Clark scored 20 points and the host Indiana Fever defeated the Connecticut Sun 88-71 on Tuesday night., ,Howard finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds, Kelsey Mitchell scored 17 and Damiris Dantas had 13 off the bench as the Fever (6-5) finished 4-1 in th...
With Caitlin Clark back, Fever look to build momentum vs. Sun
The Indiana Fever survived Caitlin Clark's absence.,After handing the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty their first loss of the season, 102-88, on Saturday in Indianapolis in Clark's return from a five-game absence due to a left quad injury, the Fever (5-5) will try to build more momentum whe...
Angel Reese's triple-double carries Sky past Sun
Angel Reese delivered her first WNBA triple-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Chicago Sky to a 78-66 win over the Connecticut Sun in a Commissioner's Cup game.,Reese's triple-double was the second in the WNBA this season, along with the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark. It w...
Brittney Sykes, Mystics dominate Sun
Led by 28 points from Brittany Sykes, the Washington Mystics blasted the visiting Connecticut Sun 104-67 on Sunday.,Washington (4-6) ended a three-game losing streak. The Mystics relied on another strong game from Sykes and a multitude of points in the paint. Washington managed a season-high 56 poin...
Marina Mabrey, Sun look to topple struggling Mystics
The Connecticut Sun will vie for their third win in four outings following a 0-5 start in Sunday's showdown against the host Washington Mystics.,Connecticut (2-6) comes in off an 84-76 win on Friday over Atlanta.,Marina Mabrey scored 34 points and Tina Charles added 19 for the Sun, who won despite s...
Dream put four-game winning streak on line vs. Sun
The Connecticut Sun need to start somewhere to get their season together, and they've had a few days to prepare for their next chance at a reset as the Sun (1-6) take on the visiting Atlanta Dream (5-2) on Friday night.,"Every time we play,," said Sun coach Rachid Meziane, "we compete. ... Understan...
Liberty build 57-point lead to blot out Sun
The New York Liberty tied a WNBA record with 19 3-pointers and set a franchise record for margin of victory with a dominating 100-52 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.,The Liberty improved to 7-0, which tied the franchise record for best start that was se...
Sun finally enter win column while injuries pile up for Fever
Marina Mabrey scored a season-high 26 points, fueling the Connecticut Sun to their first win of the season in an 85-83 victory over the Indiana Fever on Friday in Indianapolis.,Mabrey made 10 of 17 shots from the floor for the Sun (1-5), who overcame squandering a late 15-point lead to hand the Feve...
Wings snap long skid in Paige Bueckers' return to Connecticut
It was a winning homecoming for Paige Bueckers and the first win of the season for the Dallas Wings. , ,Playing her first game as a pro in her collegiate state, Bueckers had a career-high 21 points and seven assists to lead the Wings to a 109-87 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday in Uncasvi...