Sun 92-77 Liberty (2 Aug, 2018) Play-by-Play

New York Liberty

7-19, 3-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	18	21	19	19	77
CONN	21	27	16	28	92

Connecticut Sun

15-12, 8-4 home

Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Shekinna Stricklen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams misses 21-foot jumper
Chiney Ogwumike makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses layup
Courtney Williams makes two point shot
Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Chiney Ogwumike assists)
Chiney Ogwumike makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
Jasmine Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Williams misses 15-foot jumper
Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Chiney Ogwumike makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones misses layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 27-foot three point shot
Jonquel Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles blocks Morgan Tuck 's 6-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes 9-foot jumper
Jonquel Jones makes layup (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Jonquel Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rachel Banham makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Courtney Williams makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
Jonquel Jones makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)
Courtney Williams misses layup
Alyssa Thomas misses layup
Morgan Tuck makes 25-foot three point shot (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Morgan Tuck misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chiney Ogwumike makes two point shot
Shekinna Stricklen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Morgan Tuck misses 8-foot jumper
Courtney Williams makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Chiney Ogwumike makes driving layup
Courtney Williams misses 17-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes driving layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Jasmine Thomas makes driving layup
Tina Charles blocks Jonquel Jones 's 4-foot layup
Tina Charles blocks Chiney Ogwumike 's 2-foot layup
Courtney Williams misses 18-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses 20-foot jumper
Chiney Ogwumike misses layup
Alyssa Thomas misses two point shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Courtney Williams makes 17-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 8-foot jumper
Courtney Williams makes 18-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Jasmine Thomas misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)
Courtney Williams misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shekinna Stricklen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shekinna Stricklen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Jasmine Thomas misses 11-foot jumper
Amanda Zahui B. blocks Jonquel Jones 's 24-foot three point jumper
Rachel Banham makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Layshia Clarendon makes 12-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Alyssa Thomas makes 9-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jonquel Jones makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Jonquel Jones makes jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Jonquel Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses 16-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon misses 15-foot jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses layup
Layshia Clarendon makes driving layup
Jonquel Jones makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Courtney Williams assists)
Jonquel Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jasmine Thomas assists)
Layshia Clarendon misses 20-foot jumper
Courtney Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Morgan Tuck misses 25-foot three point jumper
Betnijah Laney makes layup (Brionna Jones assists)
Morgan Tuck makes driving layup
Sugar Rodgers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brittany Boyd misses 16-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers makes driving layup (Brittany Boyd assists)
Tina Charles makes 11-foot two point shot (Brittany Boyd assists)
Marissa Coleman misses 18-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)
Tina Charles misses 9-foot two point shot
Kia Vaughn makes two point shot
Marissa Coleman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tina Charles makes hook shot (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Kia Nurse makes layup (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Sugar Rodgers makes 17-foot jumper
Bria Hartley misses layup
Amanda Zahui B. makes 16-foot two point shot (Tina Charles assists)
Tina Charles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
Sugar Rodgers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley misses layup
Tina Charles misses 12-foot two point shot
Amanda Zahui B. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bria Hartley assists)
Kia Nurse misses 29-foot three point jumper
Bria Hartley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Amanda Zahui B. misses 14-foot two point shot
Brittany Boyd misses 19-foot jumper
Kia Nurse misses 17-foot jumper
Kia Nurse makes layup (Brittany Boyd assists)
Tina Charles misses 9-foot two point shot
Brittany Boyd makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Bria Hartley assists)
Bria Hartley makes 13-foot jumper (Brittany Boyd assists)
Brittany Boyd makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Tina Charles makes 4-foot hook shot (Bria Hartley assists)
Bria Hartley misses 19-foot jumper
Brittany Boyd makes 24-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn makes 8-foot two point shot (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Kia Vaughn makes driving layup (Brittany Boyd assists)
Tina Charles makes 20-foot jumper (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Brittany Boyd makes layup
Tina Charles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kia Vaughn misses layup
Brittany Boyd misses 14-foot jumper
Tina Charles misses 11-foot jumper
Brittany Boyd misses jumper
Tina Charles misses 5-foot two point shot
Sugar Rodgers makes step back jumpshot
Kia Vaughn misses 7-foot jumper
Bria Hartley misses driving layup
Kia Nurse misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 19-foot jumper
Amanda Zahui B. misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittany Boyd assists)
Rebecca Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes two point shot
Brittany Boyd misses driving layup
Brittany Boyd misses 15-foot jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 20-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes layup (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Sugar Rodgers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rebecca Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. makes 17-foot jumper (Sugar Rodgers assists)
Brittany Boyd misses layup
Brittany Boyd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tina Charles assists)
Alyssa Thomas blocks Kia Nurse 's 4-foot driving layup
Sugar Rodgers makes 25-foot three pointer (Brittany Boyd assists)
Kia Vaughn misses 9-foot jumper
Sugar Rodgers makes 27-foot three point jumper (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Sugar Rodgers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brittany Boyd assists)

LIBERTY

SUN

TIME		NY	CONN
10:00	Kia Vaughn vs. Chiney Ogwumike (Jasmine Thomas gains possession)	0	0
9:51	Courtney Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
9:47	Sugar Rodgers defensive rebound	0	0
9:34	Sugar Rodgers misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:32	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	0	0
9:17	Shekinna Stricklen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Courtney Williams assists)	0	3
9:17	Marissa Coleman shooting foul	0	3
9:17	Shekinna Stricklen makes free throw 1 of 1	0	4
9:00	Tina Charles traveling	0	4
8:35	Shekinna Stricklen makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Jasmine Thomas assists)	0	7
8:22	Brittany Boyd misses 16-foot jumper	0	7
8:20	Chiney Ogwumike defensive rebound	0	7
8:14	Courtney Williams misses 21-foot jumper	0	7
8:13	Brittany Boyd defensive rebound	0	7
7:59	Marissa Coleman bad pass (Jasmine Thomas steals)	0	7
7:51	Chiney Ogwumike makes two point shot (Alyssa Thomas assists)	0	9
7:33	Brittany Boyd bad pass (Chiney Ogwumike steals)	0	9
7:20	Jasmine Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	9
7:18	New York defensive team rebound	0	9
7:02	Sugar Rodgers makes driving layup (Brittany Boyd assists)	2	9
6:46	Alyssa Thomas misses layup	2	9
6:42	Courtney Williams offensive rebound	2	9
6:42	Courtney Williams makes two point shot	2	11
6:33	Tina Charles makes 11-foot two point shot (Brittany Boyd assists)	4	11
6:08	Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Chiney Ogwumike assists)	4	13
5:58	Chiney Ogwumike kicked ball violation	4	13
5:48	Marissa Coleman misses 18-foot two point shot	4	13
5:44	Jasmine Thomas defensive rebound	4	13
5:31	Chiney Ogwumike makes driving layup (Courtney Williams assists)	4	15
5:12	Alyssa Thomas shooting foul	4	15
5:12	Brittany Boyd makes free throw 1 of 2	5	15
5:12	Brittany Boyd makes free throw 2 of 2	6	15
5:01	Shekinna Stricklen out of bounds bad pass turnover	6	15
5:01	Bria Hartley enters the game for Brittany Boyd	6	15
5:01		6	15
4:43	Kia Vaughn makes layup (Bria Hartley assists)	8	15
4:27	Jasmine Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	15
4:23	Bria Hartley defensive rebound	8	15
4:07	Tina Charles misses 9-foot two point shot	8	15
4:00	Kia Vaughn offensive rebound	8	15
4:00	Kia Vaughn makes two point shot	10	15
3:45	Courtney Williams misses 15-foot jumper	10	15
3:43	Bria Hartley defensive rebound	10	15
3:36	Bria Hartley bad pass (Jasmine Thomas steals)	10	15
3:32	Courtney Williams makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)	10	17
3:09	Marissa Coleman misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	17
3:06	Jasmine Thomas defensive rebound	10	17
2:48	Chiney Ogwumike makes layup (Jasmine Thomas assists)	10	19
2:32	Chiney Ogwumike shooting foul	10	19
2:32	Official timeout	10	19
2:32	Morgan Tuck enters the game for Courtney Williams	10	19
2:32	Rachel Banham enters the game for Chiney Ogwumike	10	19
2:32	Jonquel Jones enters the game for Shekinna Stricklen	10	19
2:32	Amanda Zahui B. enters the game for Kia Vaughn	10	19
2:32	Marissa Coleman makes free throw 1 of 2	11	19
2:32	Marissa Coleman makes free throw 2 of 2	12	19
2:14	Jonquel Jones misses layup	12	19
2:12	Tina Charles defensive rebound	12	19
2:04	Tina Charles traveling	12	19
2:04	Kia Nurse enters the game for Marissa Coleman	12	19
1:50	Amanda Zahui B. shooting foul	12	19
1:50	Jonquel Jones misses free throw 1 of 2	12	19
1:50	Connecticut offensive team rebound	12	19
1:50	Jonquel Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	12	20
1:38	Rachel Banham personal foul	12	20
1:34	Tina Charles lost ball turnover (Rachel Banham steals)	12	20
1:30	Kia Nurse shooting foul	12	20
1:30	Rachel Banham misses free throw 1 of 2	12	20
1:30	Connecticut offensive team rebound	12	20
1:30	Rachel Banham makes free throw 2 of 2	12	21
1:16	Tina Charles makes hook shot (Sugar Rodgers assists)	14	21
59.0	Alyssa Thomas bad pass (Sugar Rodgers steals)	14	21
54.5	Kia Nurse makes layup (Sugar Rodgers assists)	16	21
33.5	Jasmine Thomas bad pass (Sugar Rodgers steals)	16	21
29.7	Sugar Rodgers makes 17-foot jumper	18	21
17.9	Rachel Banham bad pass (Bria Hartley steals)	18	21
2.1	Bria Hartley misses layup	18	21
2.1	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	18	21
0.0	Alyssa Thomas misses 27-foot three point shot	18	21
0.0	Connecticut offensive team rebound	18	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	21

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 2-1

Sun
88
Liberty
86

Game 1

8/6

Liberty
79
Sun
76

Game 2

11/7

Liberty
77
Sun
92

Game 3

2/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 2 August 2018

Uncasville, CT

Attendance: 6,412

Referees:
Billy Smith
Karleena Tobin
Natalie Sago

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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