Mercury 86-66 Sun (2 Sep, 2017) Box Score

Connecticut Sun

21-12, 9-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	10	14	26	16	66
PHX	21	20	25	20	86

Phoenix Mercury

17-16, 8-8 home

Connecticut Sun

starters
Shekinna StricklenS. Stricklen#40
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Jonquel JonesJ. Jones#35
Jasmine ThomasJ. Thomas#5
Courtney WilliamsC. Williams#10
bench
Danielle AdamsD. Adams#11
Kayla PedersenK. Pedersen#7
Morgan TuckM. Tuck#33
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
Alex BentleyA. Bentley#20
Rachel BanhamR. Banham#1
Lynetta KizerL. Kizer#12
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	3-6	2-4	1-1	0	7	7	4	0	0	3	3	-10	9
22	8-11	0-0	3-8	4	2	6	1	1	2	2	4	-1	19
20	2-6	0-3	1-1	2	7	9	1	0	0	0	4	-5	5
23	1-10	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	5	2	0	3	1	-14	4
22	2-7	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	-8	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	-9	0
18	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	-20	3
14	5-6	0-0	3-4	2	3	5	0	2	0	0	4	-7	13
26	2-8	1-4	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	-16	7
17	1-7	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-15	2
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	25-68	4-22	12-18	10	29	39	13	6	3	13	22		66
	36.8%	18.2%	66.7%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Camille LittleC. Little#20
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Leilani MitchellL. Mitchell#5
Yvonne TurnerY. Turner#6
bench
Monique CurrieM. Currie#25
Emma CannonE. Cannon#10
Stephanie TalbotS. Talbot#8
Cayla GeorgeC. George#23
Danielle RobinsonD. Robinson#11
Angel RobinsonA. Robinson#0
Alexis PrinceA. Prince#15
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	7	8	2	1	0	0	3	+19	3
33	10-15	0-0	11-12	0	8	8	5	1	1	1	1	+27	31
30	6-15	3-8	0-0	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	2	+22	15
26	2-7	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	3	+17	5
21	3-8	1-2	6-8	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	1	+8	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	3-7	0-3	2-2	0	2	2	3	3	0	3	2	+6	8
13	1-2	0-0	1-2	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	-2	3
6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	-2	2
20	3-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	+10	6
DNP-RIGHT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	29-65	5-16	23-27	4	32	36	18	10	2	10	22		86
	44.6%	31.3%	85.2%

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

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 2-1

Mercury
92
Sun
93

Game 1

5/8

Mercury
66
Sun
94

Game 2

20/8

Sun
66
Mercury
86

Game 3

2/9

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 2 September 2017

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 9,971

Referees:
Daryl Humphrey
Tim Greene
Maj Forsberg

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

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

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Regular Season Series

CONN wins 2-1

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