Postgame Notes: Minnesota 100, Atlanta 80
Published on June 6, 2021 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Atlanta Dream News Release
Atlanta's record against Minnesota moves to 9-23 all-time.
The Dream started Odyssey Sims, Courtney Williams, Tiffany Hayes, Tianna Hawkins and Elizabeth Williams for the second time. It is the team's third different lineup combination of the season.
The Dream outrebounded their opponent for the fourth time this season (33-32).
Monique Billings reached 500 career points in the first half of Sunday night's game.
Five Dream players scored in double figures - Tiffany Hayes had 21, Aari McDonald had 15, Courtney Williams had 13, and Cheyenne Parker and Crystal Bradford each had 12.
Tiffany Hayes recorded her 48th career 20-point game on a season-best 4 made three-pointers.
Courtney Williams recorded her 8th straight double-figure game.
Cheyenne Parker posted her first double-figure scoring game in a Dream uniform in just her second game back.
Aari McDonald scored in double digits in back-to-back games, scoring a season-best 15 points against the Lynx on Friday (6/4) before scoring 15 again Sunday night. She went 6-of-6 from the charity stripe in Sunday night's game for her third game with a perfect free throw percentage.
Through seven games, McDonald leads all rookies this season in assists per game (2.1), total assists (15), total made free throws (14), total free throws attempted (16). She is ranked second among rookies for average three-pointers made per game (1.1) and ranks second in points per game (7.4).
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