Saturday 31 August 2019 07:23, UK
Courtney Williams scored 26 points and Alyssa Thomas added 20 and nine rebounds to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 94-84 win over the New York Liberty on Friday night.
Connecticut (22-9) assured themselves of finishing no lower than the No 3 seed in the playoffs. The Sun are a half-game behind the Washington Mystics (22-8) for the top seed. The Mystics play at Dallas on Saturday night.
The Sun led 50-41 at half-time before New York went on a 21-7 run to take commands with a 61-57 lead heading into the last two minutes of the third quarter.
Connecticut responded with a 10-0 run to end the quarter and never trailed again.
Marine Johannes led New York (9-22) with 21 points. The Liberty rested Tina Charles.
