Mercury 81-80 Sun (28 Aug, 2015) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

17-11, 6-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	26	15	17	23	81
CONN	17	31	14	18	80

Connecticut Sun

12-16, 7-8 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Monique CurrieM. Currie#25
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Marta XargayM. Xargay#10
bench
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#8
Cayla GeorgeC. George#22
Noelle QuinnN. Quinn#45
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell#5
Shameka ChristonS. Christon#20
Tiffany BiasT. Bias#23
Alex HardenA. Harden#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	4-8	1-4	4-4	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	+3	13
27	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	-13	4
36	7-12	2-2	10-12	4	2	6	3	1	1	5	2	-4	26
34	5-8	0-0	4-4	1	12	13	1	1	3	3	4	+6	14
11	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	5	-16	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	3-3	0-0	0-2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	+1	6
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+8	0
22	1-7	0-3	0-0	0	5	5	2	1	1	0	1	+6	2
27	6-12	4-7	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	+14	16
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	28-56	7-16	18-22	11	23	34	14	5	5	16	19		81
	50.0%	43.8%	81.8%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Jennifer LacyJ. Lacy#21
Camille LittleC. Little#2
Kelly FarisK. Faris#34
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#3
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#6
bench
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Nikki GreeneN. Greene#54
Chelsea GrayC. Gray#12
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Elizabeth WilliamsE. Williams#1
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	2-8	0-2	0-1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	-10	4
26	7-12	2-4	0-0	1	3	4	5	3	0	3	2	+10	16
29	3-6	1-2	2-2	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	9
32	5-15	0-0	3-5	3	4	7	3	0	0	2	3	-5	13
32	7-12	2-3	5-7	1	3	4	4	2	1	1	2	+5	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	-11	0
23	4-7	2-3	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	+4	10
8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	+4	0
15	3-8	0-2	1-1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	-2	7
DNP-SHOULDER
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-KNEE INJURY
DNP-ANKLE INJURY
	31-69	7-16	11-16	8	17	25	16	7	1	8	23		80
	44.9%	43.8%	68.8%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sun
90
Mercury
78

Game 1

20/6

Mercury
81
Sun
80

Game 2

28/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 28 August 2015

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 5,171

Referees:
Sue Blauch
Jeff Smith
Roy Gulbeyan

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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