Alyssa Thomas canned two foul pictures with 4.1 seconds left Friday evening and the Connecticut Solar rallied to beat the Chicago Sky 82-80 in Uncasville, Conn.
Thomas, who completed with 12 factors, 11 assists, 9 rebounds and 4 steals, drew Chennedy Carter’s sixth foul and delivered the factors that enabled Connecticut to enhance to 21-7. Chicago (11-17) wasn’t in a position to squeeze off a shot on its final possession.
Marina Mabrey, enjoying towards her former crew for the primary time after being acquired by the Solar final month, got here off the bench to attain a game-high 24 factors on 9-of-13 taking pictures. DeWanna Bonner added 15 and Brionna Jones additionally tallied 12 factors.
Carter scored 19 factors to guide 4 gamers in double figures for the Sky, whereas Kamilla Cardoso added 18 on 8-of-11 taking pictures. Lindsay Allen contributed 14 factors and 6 assists, and rookie Angel Reese collected 13 factors plus 20 rebounds for her twenty first double-double.
Reese made WNBA historical past by changing into the primary participant to log back-to-back 20-rebound video games. She grabbed 20 boards towards the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday
Chicago led by as many as six factors on three totally different events within the fourth quarter and nonetheless owned an 80-77 edge when Reese made two foul pictures with 1:52 remaining. But it surely got here up dry on its ultimate 4 possessions.
Chicago jumped out to a 14-9 lead earlier than Carter was known as for a flagrant 1 foul on a Mabrey post-up. That sparked an 8-3 burst from Connecticut to finish the quarter that included Mabrey’s second 3-pointer of the interval.
The Solar seized on that momentum and established a cushty lead within the second quarter. Mabrey saved her roll going with a pair of 3-pointers and a floater that helped her new crew head to intermission with a 45-35 benefit.
The Sky made their transfer within the third quarter. Reese received going after a scoreless first half for 9 factors as they scored 29 within the interval. When Allen transformed a layup with 2.9 seconds left, Chicago took a 64-63 edge to the ultimate 10 minutes.
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