Sun 87-74 Mercury (3 Sep, 2016) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

13-15, 4-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	16	22	16	20	74
CONN	23	23	22	19	87

Connecticut Sun

11-17, 6-8 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Penny TaylorP. Taylor#13
Candice DupreeC. Dupree#4
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
bench
Mistie McCray BassM. Bass#8
Sonja PetrovicS. Petrovic#5
Isabelle HarrisonI. Harrison#20
Kelsey BoneK. Bone#45
Lindsey HardingL. Harding#10
Alex HardenA. Harden#12
Marta XargayM. Xargay#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	3-7	1-5	7-7	1	2	3	3	1	1	4	2	+4	14
29	2-8	0-0	0-0	3	7	10	2	1	0	1	2	-2	4
33	5-9	2-5	2-2	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	-8	14
33	10-15	0-0	9-11	0	9	9	0	0	2	3	3	-2	29
25	2-8	1-5	2-2	0	1	1	3	2	0	8	4	-1	7
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	-9	2
8	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	-15	2
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0
7	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	-11	2
15	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	-11	0
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-2	0
9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	5	-6	0
	25-55	4-16	20-22	8	27	35	14	8	5	23	23		74
	45.5%	25.0%	90.9%

Connecticut Sun

starters
Camille LittleC. Little#2
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Chiney OgwumikeC. Ogwumike#13
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
bench
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Kelly FarisK. Faris#34
Asia TaylorA. Taylor#31
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
Aneika Henry-MorelloA. Henry-Morello#15
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	6	7	1	3	0	2	0	+19	4
32	4-8	0-0	2-6	3	2	5	3	2	0	3	2	+20	10
28	9-14	0-0	4-6	4	6	10	0	0	1	1	3	+3	22
34	7-19	1-5	3-3	2	1	3	6	2	0	1	2	+1	18
28	6-14	2-7	2-3	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	+9	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
7	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-3	2
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	3-7	1-2	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	6	+4	7
15	3-6	0-0	2-3	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	2	+15	8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT KNEE INJURY
DNP-RIGHT KNEE SURGERY
	35-76	4-17	13-21	14	19	33	13	13	1	9	19		87
	46.1%	23.5%	61.9%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Sun
90
Mercury
99

Game 1

1/6

Sun
75
Mercury
86

Game 2

30/6

Mercury
74
Sun
87

Game 3

3/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 3 September 2016

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 6,709

Referees:
Tiara Cruse
Daryl Humphrey
Byron Jarrett

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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