WNBA: Kayla McBride scores 21 points as Las Vegas Aces beat Dallas Wings
Sunday 4 August 2019 09:04, UK
Kayla McBride had 21 points, including five in the final 30 seconds, as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 75-70 on Saturday night.
Las Vegas Aces 75-70 Dallas Wings
Kayla McBride had 21 points, including five in the final 30 seconds, as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 75-70 on Saturday night.
Carolyn Swords added season highs of 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Jackie Young - the No 1 overall pick in April's draft - had a career-high 17 points and five assists for Las Vegas (15-7).
Young scored the final five points in a 7-0 run that made it 67-61 with less than three minutes to play. Arike Ogunbowale hit a three-pointer to pull the Wings within one, but McBride made three of her own to push the lead to 71-67 with 29.6 seconds to go.
Two seconds later, Ogunbowale sank another triple, but McBride answered with two free throws before Young stole a pass and capped the scoring with a pair of foul shots.
Ogunbowale led the Wings (6-16) with 24 points. Kaela Davis added a season-high-tying 13 points and Allisha Gray had 10.
The Aces outscored Dallas 20-6 from the free-throw line.
The Aces were without All-Stars Liz Cambage (rest) and A'ja Wilson (ankle).
Cambage played for the Wings last season, setting the WNBA single-game scoring record with a 53-point outburst, before demanding a trade in the offseason.
Minnesota Lynx 75-86 Indiana Fever
Kelsey Mitchell scored 20 points and Tiffany Mitchell added 17 points as the Indiana Fever pulled away late to beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-75.
The Fever (8-15), who trailed 41-21 midway through the second quarter, had a 9-0 run take an 82-71 lead on Stephanie Mavunga's lay-up with 1:45 left in the game. The 20-point comeback was the largest in the regular season in franchise history.
Led by Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana's reserves racked up 55 points while All-Stars and starters Candice Dupree and Erica Wheeler combined for four points on 2-for-8 shooting with neither playing more than 12 minutes.
Indiana took the lead for good during a 25-5 run to open the third quarter. Kelsey Mitchell capped the rally at 63-53 with a step-back three-pointer. Twice in the fourth quarter, the Lynx (10-11) cut the deficit to two.
Minnesota had an 18-0 run in the second quarter and had their big lead before going into the break with a 48-38 advantage.
Sylvia Fowles had 17 points to lead Minnesota, which lost its fourth in a row. Temi Fagbenle and Napheesa Collier added 14 points each.
Chicago Sky 87-75 Atlanta Dream
Diamond DeShields had 12 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and a season-best six assists while Courtney Vandersloot added 13 points and nine rebounds as the Chicago Sky beat the Atlanta Dream.
Stefanie Dolson led Chicago (12-9) with 16 points.
Alex Bentley scored 21 points for Atlanta (5-17). The Dream have lost seven in a row.
