WNBA News
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Basketball: Japan shoot down Mali with a record 20 threes
Saki Hayashi air-balled her first two attempts in Berlin. She made the next nine, and two World Cup records fell with them.
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WNBA: Sabally’s season ends after a second concussion
A blow to the head in June has cost Satou Sabally the rest of the year, her home World Cup included.
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WNBA: Li Yueru ruled out of World Cup after passport goes missing
One missing letter, one World Cup gone Li Yueru will not play at the FIBA World Cup. The Dallas Wings center cannot get to Berlin because her passport vanished in the mail and still hasn’t turned up. She broke the news herself on Instagram on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, my passport was lost in the mail and…
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WNBA: Sky shut down Skylar Diggins for the rest of the season
A knee ends it at 19 games Chicago made the call on Tuesday. Skylar Diggins will play no further part this season. The Sky confirmed their point guard is being shut down after a knee issue that had already kept her out since the start of July. The franchise says the reasoning is straightforward: protect…
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WNBA: Hayes drops 14 in a quarter as Valkyries roll into the break
28-9 after nine minutes That was the scoreboard in Portland on Sunday before either team had settled. The Golden State Valkyries came out of the tunnel with something to prove and had the game more or less finished by the first media timeout. Tiffany Hayes was in the starting five, which has not been a…
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WNBA: Wings bury Connecticut and set a Dallas-era record
32-18 after ten minutes and it never got closer Dallas beat Connecticut 97-71 in Arlington overnight, and the first quarter told you how it would go. The Wings led 32-18 at the first break, 60-47 at half, then opened the third with a 23-12 run that pushed it to 83-59. Garbage time arrived early. Arike…
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WNBA: Short-handed Valkyries bury the Fire 86-69
Three players already gone to the World Cup, and Golden State still led 28-9 inside nine minutes. Tiffany Hayes scored 14 in the first quarter alone.
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WNBA: Wings crush the Sun 97-71 before the World Cup break
Four Dallas players in double figures, a 23-12 third quarter and a franchise record. The Wings closed the last night of WNBA action before the World Cup break with a 26-point win.
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WNBA: Angel Reese sets double-double record in Dream win
Angel Reese pulled down her 29th double-double of the season in College Park, breaking Alyssa Thomas’ league record. Allisha Gray did the damage with 23 points as Atlanta beat the league-leading Lynx.