Chicago – – Angel Reese collected 18 points and 13 rebounds for its 23rd double -double this season, Kamilla Cardoso scored 16 points, and the Chicago sky beat the Connecticut Sun 88-64 Wednesday evening to break a sequence of four defeats.
Chicago (10-30) improved at 6-15 at home, while Connecticut (10-31) fell to 4-17 on the road this season. The two teams had already been eliminated from affirmations in the playoffs.
Tina Charles was 8 for 13 shot and led Connecticut with 19, passing Diana Taurasi (3341) for the most scored goals on the field in the history of the WNBA with 3,347. Saniya Rivers added 16 points.
Kia Nurse added 12 points and Rachel Banham and Elizabeth Williams each marked 10 for Chicago. Banham made two 3 points to move in second place in the history of the franchise with 82 in a single season, dragging Marina Mabrey 89.
Chicago scored the first eight points of the match and led everywhere. It was 30-10 after the first minute of the second quarter and 42-27 at halftime. The sky pulled 51.7% of the land in the first half and 11 out of 13 on the free throw line.
The Sun had won the last five road meetings in the series, dating from the 2023 season.
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