Friday’s WNBA schedule includes Jackie Young’s Las Vegas Aces (21-12) taking the road to play DeWanna Bonner and the Connecticut Sun (24-9) at Mohegan Sun Arena. Game time is 7:30 PM ET.
The Sun are outscoring opponents by 5.9 points per game with a +196 scoring differential overall. They put up 80.3 points per game (eighth in the WNBA) and allow 74.4 per contest (first in the league).
The Aces outscore opponents by 4.9 points per game (posting 87.3 points per game, first in league, and giving up 82.4 per outing, seventh in WNBA) and have a +163 scoring differential.
In its last game, Connecticut fell short of victory by a final score of 71-64 against Seattle. The Sun were led by Bonner’s 26 points and seven rebounds and Brionna Jones’ 21 points.
With A’ja Wilson (30 PTS, 14 REB, 2 STL, 3 BLK, 52.6 FG%) contributing the best performance on the team, Las Vegas won 90-71 against Chicago. Tiffany Hayes also added 20 points and four assists to the effort.
Alyssa Thomas is tops on her team in both rebounds (8.6) and assists (7.6) per contest, and also posts 10.7 points. Defensively, she averages 1.6 steals (sixth in the WNBA) and 0.5 blocked shots.
Bonner averages a team-high 16.1 points per game. She is also averaging 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists, shooting 41.4% from the field and 30.2% from beyond the arc with 1.5 made 3-pointers per contest.
Marina Mabrey puts up 14.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest. Defensively, she posts 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
Jones posts 13.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, shooting 52.6% from the field (fourth in league).
DiJonai Carrington posts 12.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest. At the other end, she averages 1.5 steals (seventh in WNBA) and 0.4 blocked shots.
Aces Players to Watch
Wilson is the Aces’ top scorer (27.5 points per game, first in WNBA) and rebounder (12.1, second in WNBA), and delivers 2.4 assists.
Young is No. 1 on the Aces in assists (5.4 per game), and posts 16.8 points and 4.6 rebounds. She also puts up 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
The Aces get 17.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game from Kelsey Plum.
Alysha Clark is averaging 5.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, making 45.4% of her shots from the floor and 37.0% from 3-point range, with 1.1 triples per contest.
Hayes gets the Aces 9.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. She also posts 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
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