The Las Vegas Aces hosted the Toronto Tempo for their third and final meeting of the regular season, from Michelob Ultra Arena last night. The Aces would outscore the Tempo 27-17 in the first quarter, in the second quarter they would outscore the Tempo 29-22 and take a 56-39 lead into the halftime break. The Aces offense would slow down a little bit in the second half but it didn’t matter because they had already built up such a big lead, they would outscore the Tempo 18-16 in the third quarter and take a 74-55 lead into the final quarter. In the final quarter they’d outscore the Tempo 19-18 but the lead had already been stretched out and the Tempo were unable to make a comeback and the Aces ran away with a 93-73 win and swept the season series winning all three games by double-figures. The Aces had three players score in double-figures led by A’ja Wilson who had 27 points on 10-17 from the field, 0-2 from three, and 7-8 from the free throw line, grabbed 8 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, picked up a steal, and 2 blocks, Jackie Young had 23 points on 6-13 from the field, 4-9 from 3, and 7-8 from the free throw line, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 8 assists, and picked up a steal, Chelsea Gray had 11 points on 4-9 from the field, 0-3 from three, and 3-3 from the free throw line, grabbed 3 rebounds, dished out 4 assists, picked up 4 steals, and a block, Cheyenne Parker-Tyus had a really good game as well scoring 9 points on 3-5 from the field, 1-1 from 3, 2-2 from the free throw line, and grabbing 7 rebounds. In the loss the Tempo were had very balanced scoring with 5 players scoring in double-figures led by Isabelle Harrison who had 15 points on 5-14 from the field, 2-4 from three, and 3-3 from the free throw line, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished out 4 assists, and picked up a steal, Laura Juskaite scored 14 points on 6-11 from the field, 1-4 from three, and 1-2 from the line, grabbed 8 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, picked up 2 steals, and a block, Kia Nurse had 12 points on 4-11 from the field, 4-8 from three, grabbed 2 rebounds, and dished out an assist, Kiki Rice had 10 points on 3-11 from the field, 0-3 from three, 4-4 from the free throw line, grabbed a rebound, and dished out 4 assists, Kiana Williams had 10 points on 4-7 from the field, 2-4 from three, grabbed a rebound, and dished out an assist. The Aces improved to 27-13 on the season while the Tempo fell to 11-28.
Next up:
The Tempo visit the Mercury tonight at 10 PM EST broadcast on WNBA League Pass
The Aces visit the Storm on September 17 post World Cup break at 10 PM EST broadcast on USA and CNBC
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