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Sky Win Regular-Season Finale Behind Courtney Williams' Triple-Double, 102-91

September 10, 2023 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release


TODAY'S GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: The Chicago Sky defeated the Connecticut Sun for the first time this season, 102-91, on the road in the final regular-season game in overtime. The Sky moved to 1-3 against Connecticut this season and to 32-33 against the Sun all time. The Sky conclude the regular season at 18-22 overall, 5-15 against the Eastern Conference and 11-9 on the road. Today marked Chicago's second overtime game this season and the team's sixth time scoring 100+ points in a game this year, tied with New York for the second-most such games this season (Behind Las Vegas, who has 10 such games)

Chicago's Courtney Williams recorded her second career triple-double in the win, her second this season, notching 23 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and 13 assists. Williams' triple-double is the 13th this season, a WNBA record, and is the sixth in Sky history.

The Sky also got 21 points from Elizabeth Williams, two points shy of tying her career high. Marina Mabrey scored 16 points and added seven assists while Dana Evans had 18 points off the bench.

Olivia Nelson-Ododa led the Sun in scoring, putting up a career-high 20 points to go along with 11 rebounds. Nelson-Ododa's 11 rebounds tied a career high. Today marked Nelson-Ododa's third career double-double. Tyasha Harris added 17 points, DiJonai Carrington scored 12 points and four assists, and Natisha Hiedeman scored 13.

Other highlights include:

Chicago's Courtney Williams reached 3,000 career points

Courtney Williams had a career-high 16 rebounds as part of her triple-double (Previous: 11, twice) and tied her career high for assists in a game with 13

Courtney Williams is the only player in WNBA history to record 20+ points, 15+ rebounds and 13+ assists in a game (Across the Timeline)

Connecticut's Rebecca Allen reached 400 career defensive rebounds

Chicago's Marina Mabrey reached 50 career blocks

Connecticut's Alyssa Thomas reached 1,500 career defensive rebounds

With four assists today, Thomas set the WNBA record for assists in a season, finishing with 316

Thomas is the first player in WNBA history to record 600+ points, 400+ rebounds and 300+ assists in a season

NEXT UP: The No. 8-seeded Chicago Sky embark on the 2023 WNBA Playoffs to take on the No. 1 seed Las Vegas Aces. The Sky played the Aces four times this season and went 0-4 against them this year. The Sky are 6-11 against the Aces since they moved to Las Vegas.

The 2023 WNBA Playoffs begin on Wednesday, Sept. 13 and the Sky will tip off at 7 p.m. PT inside T-Mobile Arena. The first two games of Chicago's series, regardless of opponent, are on the road, and the third (if necessary) is at home at Wintrust Arena. Game 1 of the series will be broadcast nationally on ESPN and Game 2 of the series will be broadcast nationally on ABC.

KEY RUNS:

The Sky opened up the game on a 14-6 run from 8:25 to 3:26 in the first quarter

The Sky scored the first nine points of the game

The Sun went on an 10-2 run from 2:33 to 0:00 in the second quarter

Connecticut went on a 11-2 run from 6:30 to 4:34 in the third quarter

Chicago quickly responded with an 28-8 run from 4:19 in the third to 7:33 in the fourth quarter

The Sun had a 9-0 run from 1:01 to 0:04 in the fourth quarter

The Sky closed out the game with a 13-2 run from 4:45 to 0:32 in overtime

KEY STATS:

The Sky outscored the Sun 22-12 in the paint in the first half

The Sky had 10 first-half turnovers, allowing just five points off those turnovers. The Sun had four turnovers and gave up four points off those turnovers during that span

The Sky ended up committing 17 turnovers in the game, and allowing 19 points off those turnovers. They allowed 14 points off seven turnovers in the second half

Connecticut committed 10 turnovers but only allowed eight points off those turnovers

The Sky had 28 assists on 39 made field goals

The Sky's 28 assists matched a season high for assists in a game (Tied June 30 matchup with Los Angeles)

The Sky shot 54.2% from the floor (39 of 72) and 52.2% from three (12 of 23)

The Sun shot 41.0% from the floor (34 of 83) and 30.4% from three (7 of 23)

Connecticut recorded nine steals

The Sun outscored the Sky 53-34 in bench points

CHICAGO NOTES:

Kahleah Copper missed today's game (OUT - Toe) and Robyn Parks earned her second career start in her place, scoring three points

Marina Mabrey created six of Chicago's 23 points off three assists in the first quarter

Courtney Williams accounted for seven of the Sky's 23 points in the first quarter (four points, three points created from assists)

Courtney Williams accounted for nine of Chicago's 18 points in the second quarter (two points, seven points created from assists)

Courtney Williams accounted for 18 of Chicago's 26 points in the third quarter (10 points, eight points created from assists)

Courtney Williams and Mabrey accounted for 20 of Chicago's 28 assists

Courtney Williams and Mabrey scored 10 of the Sky's 13 points in overtime

Dana Evans scored seven of the Sky's 23 points in the first quarter

Evans had 11 points by the end of the first half

Elizabeth Williams (12 points), Dana Evans (11 points), Courtney Williams (seven points) and Marina Mabrey (six points) combined to score 36 of the Sky's 41 points in the first half

Elizabeth Williams scored nine of the Sky's 22 points in the fourth quarter

Sika Kone accounted for seven of Chicago's 26 points in the third quarter (four points, three points created from assists) and grabbed three rebounds in the third quarter

Kone is averaging 5.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game over her past five games

CONNECTICUT NOTES:

Alyssa Thomas accounted for 10 of the Sun's 19 points in the first quarter (Five points, five points created from assists)

Natisha Hiedeman scored eight of the Sun's 24 points in the second quarter

Tyasha Harris scored nine of the Sun's 21 points in the third quarter

Harris finished with 17 points, one point shy of her career high

Olivia Nelson-Ododa had eight of the Sun's 25 points in the fourth quarter, tying her career high for points in a quarter

Nelson-Ododa pulled down six of her 11 rebounds in the fourth quarter, her career high for rebounds in a quarter (Previous: five, twice)

DiJonai Carrington scored six of her 12 points in the fourth quarter

FINAL SCORE: CHI 102, CON 91 (OT)

CHICAGO SKY (18-22) @ CONNECTICUT SUN (27-13)

MOHEGAN SUN ARENA | WNBA REGULAR SEASON | GAME #40 | SEPT. 10, 2023

TEAM

HIGH POINTS

HIGH ASSISTS

HIGH REBOUNDS

CHI

C. Williams (16)

C. Williams (13)

C. Williams (16)

CON

Nelson-Ododa (20)

Carrington, Thomas, Brown (4)

Nelson-Ododa (11)

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