Sun 70-65 Liberty (2 Sep, 2020) Play-by-Play

Connecticut Sun

8-9, 5-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CONN	18	11	23	18	70
NY	8	24	16	17	65

New York Liberty

2-14, 0-7 home

Kiah Stokes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leaonna Odom makes driving layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Paris Kea misses 18-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon misses 5-foot two point shot
Layshia Clarendon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)
Kia Nurse misses 6-foot two point shot
Layshia Clarendon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon misses 5-foot jumper
Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kiah Stokes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jocelyn Willoughby misses driving layup
Jazmine Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joyner Holmes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jazmine Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Kylee Shook makes 5-foot hook shot (Joyner Holmes assists)
Kia Nurse makes 4-foot two point shot (Kylee Shook assists)
Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jazmine Jones assists)
Jazmine Jones misses layup
Kylee Shook makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kia Nurse assists)
Joyner Holmes misses two point shot
Kylee Shook makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Paris Kea assists)
Joyner Holmes misses layup
Paris Kea makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Kiah Stokes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses driving layup
Kia Nurse makes driving layup
Kiah Stokes misses layup
Amanda Zahui B. misses 21-foot jumper
Amanda Zahui B. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. misses jumper
Leaonna Odom misses 21-foot jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes two point shot
Amanda Zahui B. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses layup
Jocelyn Willoughby misses driving layup
Jocelyn Willoughby misses layup
Kylee Shook makes driving layup (Kia Nurse assists)
Kia Nurse misses 30-foot three point jumper
Jazmine Jones makes 49-foot three point jumper (Jocelyn Willoughby assists)
Jazmine Jones misses 10-foot jumper
Jazmine Jones misses pullup jump shot
Kiah Stokes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jocelyn Willoughby makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Amanda Zahui B. misses 9-foot two point shot
Bria Holmes blocks Kia Nurse 's 25-foot three point jumper
Layshia Clarendon makes driving layup (Paris Kea assists)
Jocelyn Willoughby makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Layshia Clarendon makes layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)
Kiah Stokes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kia Nurse misses layup
Kiah Stokes makes two point shot
Jazmine Jones makes driving layup
Briann January blocks Jazmine Jones 's 55-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot
Brionna Jones makes 4-foot hook shot (Briann January assists)
Brionna Jones misses 14-foot jumper
Briann January makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)
Briann January misses layup
Alyssa Thomas misses 9-foot hook shot
DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup
Briann January makes 18-foot jumper
Leaonna Odom blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 4-foot layup
Kaila Charles makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Briann January misses 22-foot jumper
Brionna Jones misses two point shot
Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Kaila Charles assists)
DeWanna Bonner makes 12-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
Bria Holmes misses 18-foot jumper
Essence Carson misses layup
Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
Natisha Hiedeman makes driving layup
Natisha Hiedeman misses 26-foot three point jumper
Essence Carson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Essence Carson misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 12-foot jumper
Brionna Jones misses 4-foot hook shot
Kaila Charles misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes layup
Kaila Charles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Briann January misses 20-foot jumper
Kylee Shook blocks Briann January 's 4-foot driving layup
Briann January misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner makes layup
Amanda Zahui B. blocks Brionna Jones 's 3-foot layup
DeWanna Bonner makes driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kaila Charles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)
Alyssa Thomas makes pullup jump shot (Briann January assists)
Alyssa Thomas misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
Alyssa Thomas misses layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 24-foot three point jumper
Briann January misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner makes layup (Briann January assists)
Briann January misses driving layup
Alyssa Thomas misses finger roll layup
Brionna Jones makes two point shot
Kaila Charles makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 19-foot jumper
Kia Nurse blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 4-foot layup
Natisha Hiedeman makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kylee Shook blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 5-foot driving layup
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Bria Holmes misses 8-foot jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses driving layup
DeWanna Bonner makes tip shot
Natisha Hiedeman misses 25-foot three point jumper
Amanda Zahui B. blocks Alyssa Thomas 's 5-foot layup
DeWanna Bonner misses 21-foot jumper
Bria Holmes misses layup
DeWanna Bonner makes 27-foot three point jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)
Brionna Jones makes driving layup
Bria Holmes misses driving layup
Bria Holmes misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeWanna Bonner misses 32-foot three point jumper
Alyssa Thomas makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Kaila Charles assists)
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
Kaila Charles misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
DeWanna Bonner misses layup
DeWanna Bonner makes 15-foot jumper (Alyssa Thomas assists)

SUN

LIBERTY

TIME		CONN	NY
10:00	Brionna Jones vs. Kiah Stokes (Amanda Zahui B. gains possession)	0	0
9:42	Kiah Stokes misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
9:40	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	0	0
9:28	DeWanna Bonner misses two point shot	0	0
9:28	New York defensive team rebound	0	0
9:08	Leaonna Odom makes driving layup (Amanda Zahui B. assists)	0	2
8:46	Brionna Jones makes 4-foot hook shot (Briann January assists)	2	2
8:35	Paris Kea out of bounds bad pass turnover	2	2
8:15	Brionna Jones misses 14-foot jumper	2	2
8:13	Leaonna Odom defensive rebound	2	2
7:52	shot clock turnover	2	2
7:43	Alyssa Thomas out of bounds bad pass turnover	2	2
7:32	Briann January defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	2	2
7:32	Layshia Clarendon makes technical free throw	2	3
7:23	Paris Kea misses 18-foot jumper	2	3
7:19	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	2	3
7:12	Briann January makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (DeWanna Bonner assists)	4	3
6:48	Amanda Zahui B. lost ball turnover (Briann January steals)	4	3
6:42	Briann January misses layup	4	3
6:40	Amanda Zahui B. defensive rebound	4	3
6:32	Layshia Clarendon misses 5-foot two point shot	4	3
6:30	Kaila Charles defensive rebound	4	3
6:06	Alyssa Thomas misses 9-foot hook shot	4	3
6:04	Amanda Zahui B. defensive rebound	4	3
5:54	Layshia Clarendon misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	3
5:52	DeWanna Bonner defensive rebound	4	3
5:45	DeWanna Bonner misses three point jumper	4	3
5:43	Kiah Stokes defensive rebound	4	3
5:33	Paris Kea bad pass (Alyssa Thomas steals)	4	3
5:28	Alyssa Thomas makes layup	6	3
5:04	Amanda Zahui B. misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	3
5:02	Briann January defensive rebound	6	3
5:01	Alyssa Thomas offensive charge	6	3
5:01	Alyssa Thomas turnover	6	3
5:01	Kia Nurse enters the game for Paris Kea	6	3
4:43	Brionna Jones personal foul	6	3
4:43	Official timeout	6	3
4:33	Kia Nurse makes 24-foot three point jumper (Layshia Clarendon assists)	6	6
4:15	Briann January makes 18-foot jumper	8	6
4:02	Layshia Clarendon bad pass (Briann January steals)	8	6
3:58	Briann January out of bounds bad pass turnover	8	6
3:39	Kia Nurse bad pass (Alyssa Thomas steals)	8	6
3:34	Leaonna Odom blocks DeWanna Bonner 's 4-foot layup	8	6
3:31	Leaonna Odom defensive rebound	8	6
3:23	Kia Nurse misses 6-foot two point shot	8	6
3:21	Alyssa Thomas defensive rebound	8	6
3:17	Kaila Charles makes driving layup (Alyssa Thomas assists)	10	6
2:48	Layshia Clarendon misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	6
2:46	Brionna Jones defensive rebound	10	6
2:34	Briann January misses 22-foot jumper	10	6
2:29	Brionna Jones offensive rebound	10	6
2:29	Brionna Jones misses two point shot	10	6
2:28	Amanda Zahui B. defensive rebound	10	6
2:24	Layshia Clarendon misses 5-foot jumper	10	6
2:22	Brionna Jones defensive rebound	10	6
2:17	Alyssa Thomas makes layup (Kaila Charles assists)	12	6
1:50	Kia Nurse misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	6
1:48	Leaonna Odom offensive rebound	12	6
1:40	Kiah Stokes misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	6
1:38	Kaila Charles defensive rebound	12	6
1:37	Layshia Clarendon personal foul	12	6
1:37	Kylee Shook enters the game for Leaonna Odom	12	6
1:37	Joyner Holmes enters the game for Layshia Clarendon	12	6
1:37	Jazmine Jones enters the game for Amanda Zahui B.	12	6
1:37	Jocelyn Willoughby enters the game for Kiah Stokes	12	6
1:37	Beatrice Mompremier enters the game for Kaila Charles	12	6
1:37	Natisha Hiedeman enters the game for Briann January	12	6
1:37	Bria Holmes enters the game for Brionna Jones	12	6
1:27	DeWanna Bonner makes 12-foot jumper (Natisha Hiedeman assists)	14	6
1:06	Jocelyn Willoughby misses driving layup	14	6
1:04	Beatrice Mompremier defensive rebound	14	6
49.9	DeWanna Bonner lost ball turnover (Jocelyn Willoughby steals)	14	6
44.2	Joyner Holmes bad pass (DeWanna Bonner steals)	14	6
44.2	Jazmine Jones personal foul	14	6
44.2	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 1 of 2	15	6
44.2	DeWanna Bonner makes free throw 2 of 2	16	6
28.2	Beatrice Mompremier shooting foul	16	6
28.2	Jocelyn Willoughby makes free throw 1 of 2	16	7
28.2	Essence Carson enters the game for DeWanna Bonner	16	7
28.2	Jocelyn Willoughby makes free throw 2 of 2	16	8
12.6	Jazmine Jones personal foul	16	8
12.6	Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 1 of 2	17	8
12.6	Natisha Hiedeman makes free throw 2 of 2	18	8
0.0	Jazmine Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper	18	8
0.0	New York offensive team rebound	18	8
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	8

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 2-0

Liberty
65
Sun
82

Game 1

23/8

Sun
70
Liberty
65

Game 2

2/9

IMG Academy

12:00 AM, 2 September 2020

Bradenton, FL

Referees:
Kevin Sparrock
Amy Bonner
Billy Smith

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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