The New York Liberty hosted the Seattle Storm for their first home game post All-Star break last night. The Liberty jumped out to an early lead and one the first quarter 28-18 with most of the scoring in the quarter done by the Liberty big three of Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, and Breanna Stewart. In the second quarter the Liberty were outscored 25-22 but still were able to take a 50-43 lead into the halftime break. In the third quarter it was a back and forth quarter that brought the Storm close to the Liberty a few times but the Liberty outscored the Storm 29-24 and ended the quarter on a 9-0 run within the final minute of the quarter and took a 79-67 lead into the final frame. In the final quarter the offenses slowed down and both teams scored 16 points in the quarter to have the Liberty pull out a 95-83 win. This was the Liberty’s first win by double-digits since their 99-86 victory over the Lynx on July 3rd. In the win the Liberty got a balanced scoring attack with four out of their five starters scoring in double-figures led by a fantastic all-around game by Breanna Stewart who scored 24 points on 8-16 from the field, grabbed 8 rebounds, dished out 6 assists, and blocked 2 shots, Jonquel Jones scored 20 points on 7-16 from the field, and 4-10 from three, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, and blocked a shot, Sabrina Ionescu scored 18 points on 7-10 from the field, and 4-6 from three, grabbed 2 rebounds, and dished out 5 assists, Pauline Astier scored 12 points on 4-5 from the field and 1-1 from beyond the arc, dished out 2 assists, and picked up a steal. For the Storm in the loss they had three players score in double-digits led by Flau’Jae Johnson who scored 25 points on 8-15 from the floor, and 2-6 from three, grabbed 3 rebounds, and dished out three assists, Natisha Hiedeman put up 17 points on 6-13 from the field, and 3-7 from three, grabbed 1 rebound, and dished out 7 assists, Dominique Malonga put up 17 points on 6-11 from the field and 1-3 from three, and grabbed 6 rebounds. The Liberty improved to 18-13 on the season, while the Storm fell to 6-26.
Next up:
These two teams meet again tomorrow night at 7 PM EST broadcast on USA Network to finish off their season series.
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