Leila Lacan scored 17 points, Tina Charles added 15 and the Sun beat the Sky, breaking a five losses.
Uncasville, Connecticut – – Leila Lacan scored 17 points in his sixth ownership this season, Tina Charles added 15 points and the Connecticut Sun They defeated them Chicago Sky By 71-62 on Wednesday night, breaking a streak of five losses.
Marina Mabrey added 10 points for Connecticut (6-26), which improved her 5-11 brand at home.
Kamilla Cardoso scored 24 points for Chicago (8-24), which has lost 11 of 12 games. Elizabeth Williams added 12 points and 15 rebounds, and Rachel Banham scored 10.
Rebecca Allen of Chicago and Bria Hartley of Connecticut were expelled after a fight to push in the second quarter. Ariel Atkins of the Sky was also expelled by contact with a referee. There was a long wait while the referees reviewed the video of the incident.
Chicago only had eight players available in the second half, and Angel Reese (back) lost his sixth consecutive game. Sun won 55-34 in the middle of the third quarter. But the Sky began the last quarter with a streak of 11-0 to approach a single digit for the first time since it was 33-26 in the middle of the second quarter.
Charles ended the drought of SUN field shots with a triple to 5:31 of the end of the last quarter and added a suspension shot in his next possession for an advantage of 65-56.
Williams turned a three-point play to bring Chicago to 67-62 to 2:32 from the end. But Connecticut responded with a three -point possession after Saniya Rivers received a fault in transition. He sported the resulting free kick and then Lacan turned a tray to seal the score.
