NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 factors whereas Jonquel Jones added 20 factors and 11 rebounds to assist the New York Liberty beat the Phoenix Mercury 89-76 on Friday evening for his or her fifth consecutive win.
Leonie Fiebich added 13 factors for the Liberty (17-6), who put more room between them and the third-place Mercury (15-9), who received the groups’ first two conferences this season.
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New York trailed 54-49 halfway by way of the third quarter earlier than closing the interval on an 18-5 run capped by Jones’ fadeaway shot that she bought off simply earlier than the tip of the quarter. That gave the Liberty a 67-59 lead.
The Liberty poured it on within the fourth behind Ionescu, who scored the primary 5 factors throughout a 10-2 run that gave the staff a 82-64 benefit — its greatest of the sport. The Mercury could not get inside single digits the remainder of the way in which.
Alyssa Thomas had 20 factors, 13 rebounds and eight assists for Phoenix. She fell simply wanting her seventeenth profession triple-double and thirteenth within the common season.
Phoenix scored the primary eight factors and constructed its result in a dozen earlier than New York rallied to tie it 46-all on the half. Ionescu hit two free throws with 0.9 seconds left within the second quarter. Jones had 11 factors and eight rebounds within the half. Thomas had 15 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists within the opening 20 minutes.
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