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05/20 23:33 CDT Burke's three-point play in final seconds leads Sun to 1st win
of the season, 80-78 over the Storm
Burke's three-point play in final seconds leads Sun to 1st win of the season,
80-78 over the Storm
SEATTLE (AP) --- Kennedy Burke scored 15 points and converted a go-ahead
three-point play with 2.8 seconds left, Charlisse Leger-Walker scored a
career-high 16 points, and Connecticut beat the Seattle Storm 80-78 on
Wednesday night for the Sun's first win of the season.
Connecticut starters Aneesah Morrow, Gianna Kneepkens and Hailey Van Lith
combined for four points on 1-of-7 shooting. Rookies Raegan Beers, Nell
Angloma, Leger-Walker started the second half.
Morrow left the game with 6:40 left in the first half and did not return.
Morrow, who went in with double-doubles in four consecutive games, had two
points on 1-of-1 shooting, three rebounds and two fouls in just seven minutes.
Kneepkens played four minutes and finished with two points.
The Sun (1-5) had tied for longest losing streak to open a season in franchise
history.
Natisha Hiedeman miss a clean look at a potential winning straight-away
3-pointer at the buzzer.
Angloma, the No. 12 overall selection in the draft, had a career-high 15
points, Aaliyah Edwards scored 12, and Raegan Beers, who went undrafted, added
a career-best 10 for Connecticut.
Hiedeman scored 20 points and Mackenzie Holmes added a career-high 18 for the
Storm (1-4), who have lost three straight. Dominique Malonga (concussion
protocol) missed her second consecutive game.
Jade Melbourne made a reverse layup --- her first field goal of the game ---
that gave the Storm their first lead of the second half at 76-75 lead with 59
seconds left.
Up next
The teams play again Friday in Seattle.
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