Sun 84-74 Mercury (1 Sep, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Mercury

9-27, 1-17 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	18	23	8	25	74
CONN	16	22	20	26	84

Connecticut Sun

25-11, 11-6 home

Phoenix Mercury

starters
Brianna TurnerB. Turner#21
Michaela OnyenwereM. Onyenwere#12
Brittney GrinerB. Griner#42
Moriah JeffersonM. Jefferson#8
Sug SuttonS. Sutton#1
bench
Kadi SissokoK. Sissoko#30
Madi WilliamsM. Williams#25
Megan GustafsonM. Gustafson#10
Ashley JoensA. Joens#23
Diana TaurasiD. Taurasi#3
Shey PeddyS. Peddy#11
Sophie CunninghamS. Cunningham#9
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	4	-9	4
35	5-12	0-1	1-1	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	3	-10	11
30	5-12	0-0	5-8	0	3	3	3	1	3	0	2	-1	15
29	3-8	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	3	-3	8
36	6-12	1-3	0-1	2	4	6	6	1	0	3	3	-7	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	4	-4	4
7	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	-4	0
14	4-4	1-1	1-1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-6	10
13	3-3	3-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-6	9
DNP-LEFT TOE
DNP-CONCUSSION PROTOCOL
DNP-JAW INJURY
	30-58	7-11	7-11	5	20	25	18	5	3	10	23		74
	51.7%	63.6%	63.6%

Connecticut Sun

starters
DeWanna BonnerD. Bonner#24
Alyssa ThomasA. Thomas#25
Tiffany HayesT. Hayes#15
Rebecca AllenR. Allen#9
Natisha HiedemanN. Hiedeman#2
bench
Olivia Nelson-OdodaO. Nelson-Ododa#10
Bernadett HatarB. Hatar#44
Tyasha HarrisT. Harris#52
Leigha BrownL. Brown#32
Brionna JonesB. Jones#42
DiJonai CarringtonD. Carrington#21
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	3-10	3-4	6-6	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	+14	15
39	4-10	0-0	4-4	2	11	13	8	0	0	7	3	+12	12
33	4-10	1-3	4-9	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	2	+4	13
17	1-7	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	+3	2
35	6-9	4-6	2-3	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	2	+21	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	0-1	0-0	6-6	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	3	+3	6
5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	-2	0
20	6-7	4-4	2-2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	-3	18
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
DNP-RIGHT ACHILLES TENDON SURGERY
DNP-LEFT FOOT
	24-55	12-18	24-30	6	24	30	18	8	4	11	16		84
	43.6%	66.7%	80.0%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Sun
66
Mercury
72

Game 1

19/7

Sun
84
Mercury
90

Game 2

11/8

Mercury
74
Sun
84

Game 3

1/9

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 1 September 2023

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 7,794

Referees:
Tim Greene
Marcy Williams
Kevin Fahy

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

PHX wins 2-1

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