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Sky Edge Liberty, 88-86, Stay Undefeated in Commissioner's Cup Play

June 12, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
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FINAL SCORE: CHI 88, NYL 86

CHICAGO SKY (9-4) vs. NEW YORK LIBERTY (5-9)

BARCLAYS CENTER | 2022 WNBA REGULAR SEASON | COMMISSIONER'S CUP GAME | JUNE 12, 2022

TEAM HIGH POINTS HIGH ASSISTS HIGH REBOUNDS

CHI VANDERSLOOT,

MEESSEMAN (20) VANDERSLOOT (10) MEESSEMAN (11)

NYL IONESCU (27) IONESCU (12) IONESCU (13)

TONIGHT'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

A Commissioner's Cup matchup between the No. 2 and No. 5 ranked teams in the Eastern Conference, and two teams that have won four of their last five games

Stefanie Dolson plays her second game against her former team after winning the 2021 WNBA Championship with the Sky last year

A rematch between two college teammates, the Sky's Ruthy Hebard and the Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu, who played together for four years at the University of Oregon.

NEXT UP:

The Sky return home to face Eastern Conference team, the Atlanta Dream (7-6), on Friday, June 17th. Tipoff is at Wintrust Arena is at 7 p.m. CT and coverage of the game can be found on Facebook, Marquee Sports Network and Bally Sports South.

The Dream is coming off a 90-88 loss to the Phoenix Mercury and will face off against the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, June 15th before traveling to Chicago. The Dream are currently 3-2 in the month of June - with all three wins earned at home and both losses coming on the road.

KEY RUNS

The Liberty went up 20-12 after a 20-8 run from 7:57 to to 1:59 in the first quarter

The Liberty went up 67-66 after a 13-4 run from 2:56 in the third quarter to 9:06 in the fourth quarter

The Sky finished the game on a 9-2 run, from 2:08 in the fourth quarter to the end of regulation, to win 88-86

KEY STATS

Sabrina Ionescu had her second career triple-double (27 PTS, 12 AST, 13 REB)

The Liberty had 13 first half assists despite averaging just 18.9 assists per game, 7th in the WNBA

The Sky outrebounded the Liberty 41-26

The Sky had an 12-2 advantage on offensive rebounds and 11-2 edge in second chance points

Courtney Vandersloot had her third double-double (20 PTS, 10 AST) of the season

CHICAGO NOTES

Candace Parker tied Lauren Jackson for 5th on the all-time blocks list with 586 at the 8:17 mark of the first quarter

Allie Quigley tallied a season high 16 points

Emma Meesseman recorded her first double-double (16 PTS, 10 REB) of the season, and her first since 8/19/2020

Courtney Vandersloot had her third double-double (20 PTS, 10 AST), of the season and her first since 5/18/2022

Vandersloot alsonotched a season high 20 points

Sky tied a season-high with 12 offensive rebounds

Sky scored a season-high 29 fourth quarter points

NEW YORK NOTES

Sabrina Ionescu recorded her second career triple-double with 27 points, 12 assists and 13 rebounds

Ionescu tied her career-high with 12 assists in a regular season game

Ionescu pulled down 13 rebounds to set a new career-high for rebounds in a regular season game

Sami Whitcomb tied a season-high with three three-pointers

Crystal Dangerfield scored a season high 11 points

Stefanie Dolson blocked her 250th career shot at 0:19 in the 4th quarter

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