Coming off a pair of performances with no less than 30 factors, Jewell Loyd will search for a triple on Monday when the Seattle Storm play host to the Dallas Wings for the second time in three days.
Loyd scored 30 factors within the Storm’s simple 97-76 victory over the Wings on Saturday. That efficiency was an encore to the season-best 34 factors Loyd scored Thursday in an 89-77 victory over the Indiana Fever.
Seattle is now on a three-game profitable streak. At 12-6, the Storm have already got moved previous their 11-win season from final yr, which was their worst marketing campaign since 2015 once they have been 10-24.
Whereas Loyd’s scoring surge is in focus, all 5 Seattle starters scored in double figures Saturday. Nneka Ogwumike scored 16 factors, Ezi Magbegor had 13, Jordan Horston added 12 and Skylar Diggins-Smith had 11.
Horston added 11 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. She began at ahead in every of the final three victories after coming off the bench over the primary 15 video games.
“She has achieved an important job within the beginning lineup,” Magbegor mentioned of Horston. “We have all seen how she likes to push the ball, she likes to study, and she or he’s nice at facilitating. She brings just a little little bit of every part to the sport. It is good to see her get her double-double.”
The Wings (4-14) are tied for the fewest variety of wins within the WNBA and misplaced Saturday after ending their 11-game shedding streak in opposition to the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday.
Arike Ogunbowale scored a team-high 24 factors for Dallas on Saturday, proper at her 23.9 points-per-game common this season, which ranks second within the league. Loyd is fifth at 19.9 per sport.
Dallas-area native Odyssey Sims scored 18 factors in her season debut for the Wings in Thursday’s victory, and was held to seven factors off the bench Saturday. Teaira McCowan scored 15 factors for Dallas, whereas Natasha Howard had 12. McCowan was 7-of-7 from the ground.
The Wings dedicated 19 turnovers that have been was 23 factors by the Storm.
“(They) must proceed to financial institution their sleep hours, and simply ensure (they) are taking good care of themselves mentally, bodily, emotionally and spiritually,” Wings head coach Latricia Trammell mentioned this week. “It is a powerful stretch, however I am wanting ahead to the Olympic break to hopefully get extra our bodies again and the remainder that we’d like.”
Howard, who performed three seasons with the Storm (2018-20) and was a contributor to 2 WNBA titles, was honored earlier than Saturday’s sport as one of many prime 25 gamers in franchise historical past.
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