Sun 94-89 Liberty (24 Jun, 2017) Play-by-Play

Connecticut Sun

6-5, 4-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	26	20	25	23	94
NY	18	14	25	32	89

New York Liberty

7-5, 5-3 home

Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sugar Rodgers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Shavonte Zellous makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Tina Charles misses 4-foot two point shot
Shavonte Zellous misses 17-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers makes two point shot (Tina Charles assists)
Kiah Stokes makes 16-foot jumper (Shavonte Zellous assists)
Tina Charles makes 10-foot two point shot (Kia Vaughn assists)
Tina Charles misses 8-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses 13-foot jumper
Tina Charles misses 7-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Kiah Stokes misses free throw 1 of 2
Kiah Stokes misses free throw 2 of 2
Epiphanny Prince makes 25-foot three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses 37-foot three point running jumper
Bria Hartley misses three point jumper
Epiphanny Prince misses technical free throw
Shavonte Zellous makes 19-foot jumper
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe misses 18-foot jumper
Bria Hartley makes Driving Floating Jump Shot
Sugar Rodgers misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Sugar Rodgers misses layup
Bria Hartley makes 24-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses
Tina Charles misses 21-foot jumper
Tina Charles misses 6-foot
Sugar Rodgers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn makes 12-foot jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Bria Hartley makes layup
Courtney Williams blocks Kia Vaughn's layup
Sugar Rodgers makes 15-foot jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Tina Charles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
Kiah Stokes makes layup (Tina Charles assists)
Sugar Rodgers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lindsay Allen assists)
Shavonte Zellous makes free throw 1 of 2
Shavonte Zellous makes free throw 2 of 2
Tina Charles makes 12-foot jumper
Kia Vaughn misses layup
Kia Vaughn misses 12-foot jumper
Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2
Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe makes free throw 1 of 2
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe misses free throw 2 of 2
Epiphanny Prince makes driving layup (Kia Vaughn assists)
Shavonte Zellous makes 13-foot jumper (Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe assists)
Shavonte Zellous misses 18-foot jumper
Shavonte Zellous makes free throw 1 of 2
Shavonte Zellous makes free throw 2 of 2
Epiphanny Prince makes 18-foot jumper
Epiphanny Prince makes free throw 1 of 2
Epiphanny Prince makes free throw 2 of 2
Tina Charles makes 9-foot jumper
Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 1
Tina Charles makes 4-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn makes two point shot
Tina Charles makes free throw 1 of 2
Tina Charles makes free throw 2 of 2
Shavonte Zellous misses driving layup
Tina Charles makes layup
Shavonte Zellous misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe makes driving layup
Shavonte Zellous makes 18-foot jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Epiphanny Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles misses 17-foot two point shot
Tina Charles makes two point shot
Shavonte Zellous misses layup
Epiphanny Prince makes free throw 1 of 2
Epiphanny Prince makes free throw 2 of 2
Bria Hartley makes layup (Epiphanny Prince assists)
Bria Hartley makes free throw 1 of 1
Shavonte Zellous makes layup
Epiphanny Prince misses 15-foot jumper
Tina Charles misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shavonte Zellous makes 24-foot three pointer
Epiphanny Prince misses 44-foot three point running jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 21-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses 4-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shekinna Stricklen assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 19-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
Alex Bentley misses 11-foot jumper
Courtney Williams makes 16-foot two point shot
Jonquel Jones misses 15-foot two point shot
Kayla Pedersen makes free throw 1 of 2
Kayla Pedersen makes free throw 2 of 2
Alyssa Thomas misses driving layup
Alex Bentley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones misses
Shekinna Stricklen misses three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes 20-foot two point shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes driving layup
Courtney Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Shekinna Stricklen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper
Courtney Williams makes 16-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes 15-foot jumper (Jonquel Jones assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses layup
Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
Jonquel Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
Jonquel Jones misses layup
Jonquel Jones makes layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 4-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses 11-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes layup
Jasmine Thomas misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes layup
Courtney Williams misses 17-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers blocks Courtney Williams 's 3-foot layup
Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
Jasmine Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Alex Bentley assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 10-foot hook shot
Jasmine Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Jasmine Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
Alex Bentley makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Alex Bentley makes 19-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jasmine Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shekinna Stricklen assists)
Alex Bentley makes free throw 1 of 2
Alex Bentley makes free throw 2 of 2
Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Kayla Pedersen misses 15-foot jumper
Kayla Pedersen misses jumper
Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup
Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
Jonquel Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses 16-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes layup
Tina Charles blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 4-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses driving layup
Jasmine Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses driving layup
Jasmine Thomas makes layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones misses driving layup
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup
Courtney Williams makes 11-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes driving layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 4-foot two point shot
Courtney Williams makes 10-foot two point shot
Jasmine Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes free throw 1 of 2
Shekinna Stricklen misses free throw 2 of 2
Jonquel Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2

SUN

LIBERTY

TIME		CONN	NY
10:00	Jonquel Jones vs. Kiah Stokes (Jasmine Thomas gains possession)	0	0
9:38	Shekinna Stricklen misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:37	Sugar Rodgers defensive rebound	0	0
9:26	Bria Hartley steps out of bounds turnover	0	0
9:10	Jasmine Thomas misses 22-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:08	Bria Hartley defensive rebound	0	0
8:53	Bria Hartley misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
8:52	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	0	0
8:33	Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)	3	0
8:22	Sugar Rodgers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)	3	3
8:00	Jonquel Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper	3	3
8:00	Tina Charles defensive rebound	3	3
7:43	Shavonte Zellous makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)	3	6
7:26	Shekinna Stricklen misses 21-foot jumper	3	6
7:26	Courtney Williams offensive rebound	3	6
7:22	Courtney Williams misses 4-foot jumper	3	6
7:22	Kiah Stokes defensive rebound	3	6
7:11	Tina Charles misses 4-foot two point shot	3	6
7:09	Connecticut defensive team rebound	3	6
6:46	Jasmine Thomas makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shekinna Stricklen assists)	6	6
6:30	Shavonte Zellous misses 17-foot jumper	6	6
6:28	Shekinna Stricklen defensive rebound	6	6
6:22	Alyssa Thomas traveling	6	6
6:11	Sugar Rodgers makes two point shot (Tina Charles assists)	6	8
5:46	Alyssa Thomas misses 8-foot jumper	6	8
5:45	Shekinna Stricklen offensive rebound	6	8
5:41	Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper	9	8
5:24	Kiah Stokes makes 16-foot jumper (Shavonte Zellous assists)	9	10
5:03	Jasmine Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	10
5:01	Tina Charles defensive rebound	9	10
4:58	Shekinna Stricklen personal foul (Shavonte Zellous draws the foul)	9	10
4:58	Official timeout	9	10
4:58	Kia Vaughn enters the game for Kiah Stokes	9	10
4:50	Tina Charles makes 10-foot two point shot (Kia Vaughn assists)	9	12
4:24	Shekinna Stricklen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)	12	12
4:11	Kia Vaughn offensive foul (Courtney Williams draws the foul)	12	12
4:11	Kia Vaughn turnover	12	12
3:53	Jasmine Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)	15	12
3:38	Tina Charles misses 8-foot jumper	15	12
3:36	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	15	12
3:33	Sugar Rodgers shooting foul (Alyssa Thomas draws the foul)	15	12
3:33	Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2	15	12
3:33	Connecticut offensive team rebound	15	12
3:33	Epiphanny Prince enters the game for Bria Hartley	15	12
3:33	Alyssa Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2	15	12
3:32	Epiphanny Prince defensive rebound	15	12
3:15	Sugar Rodgers misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	12
3:15	Courtney Williams defensive rebound	15	12
3:10	Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)	17	12
3:10	Shavonte Zellous shooting foul (Alyssa Thomas draws the foul)	18	12
3:10	Alyssa Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1	18	12
2:50	Epiphanny Prince misses 13-foot jumper	18	12
2:49	New York offensive team rebound	18	12
2:48	Alyssa Thomas loose ball foul (Epiphanny Prince draws the foul)	18	12
2:48	Alex Bentley enters the game for Courtney Williams	18	12
2:34	Tina Charles misses 7-foot jumper	18	12
2:32	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	18	12
2:26	Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)	20	12
2:12	Alex Bentley personal foul (Sugar Rodgers draws the foul)	20	12
2:12	Kayla Pedersen enters the game for Shekinna Stricklen	20	12
2:04	Sugar Rodgers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Epiphanny Prince assists)	20	15
1:36	Alyssa Thomas misses 19-foot jumper	20	15
1:35	Kayla Pedersen offensive rebound	20	15
1:23	Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup	22	15
1:13	Tina Charles bad pass (Alex Bentley steals)	22	15
1:06	Alex Bentley misses 11-foot jumper	22	15
1:05	Connecticut offensive team rebound	22	15
1:05	Tina Charles loose ball foul (Alyssa Thomas draws the foul)	22	15
1:05	Courtney Williams enters the game for Jasmine Thomas	22	15
1:05	Kiah Stokes enters the game for Tina Charles	22	15
1:05	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe enters the game for Kia Vaughn	22	15
54.0	Courtney Williams makes 16-foot two point shot	24	15
44.0	Kayla Pedersen shooting foul (Kiah Stokes draws the foul)	24	15
44.0	Kiah Stokes misses free throw 1 of 2	24	15
44.0	New York offensive team rebound	24	15
44.0	Kiah Stokes misses free throw 2 of 2	24	15
43.0	Jonquel Jones defensive rebound	24	15
32.0	Kayla Pedersen traveling	24	15
26.0	Epiphanny Prince makes 25-foot three point jumper	24	18
4.0	Jonquel Jones misses 15-foot two point shot	24	18
3.0	Kayla Pedersen offensive rebound	24	18
3.0	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe shooting foul (Kayla Pedersen draws the foul)	24	18
3.0	Kayla Pedersen makes free throw 1 of 2	25	18
3.0	Kayla Pedersen makes free throw 2 of 2	26	18
0.0	Epiphanny Prince misses 37-foot three point running jumper	26	18
0.0	New York offensive team rebound	26	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	18

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Liberty
76
Sun
96

Game 1

15/6

Sun
94
Liberty
89

Game 2

24/6

Sun
80
Liberty
96

Game 3

19/7

Liberty
82
Sun
70

Game 4

19/8

Madison Square Garden

12:30 AM, 24 June 2017

New York, NY

Attendance: 10,240

Referees:
Tiara Cruse
Roy Gulbeyan
Isaac Barnett

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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