Young shines again as Aces roll past Mercury with few hands for a 4th win in a row
Jackie Young made a career-high five three-pointers to score 23 points, A’ja Wilson secured her seventh double-double of the season and the visiting Las Vegas Aces passed the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 99-79 on Wednesday.
Phoenix was without Brittney Griner (hip) and Diana Taurasi (hamstring) for the third game in a row.
Las Vegas scored 32 points in the first quarter to lead 57-40 at halftime after going 8-of-15 from 3-point range. Young had 16 points in the half and Wilson added 12 points and eight rebounds.
Las Vegas extended it to 87-60 with 0.2 seconds left in the third quarter on Candace Parker’s layup off a nice assist from Chelsea Gray. It moved Parker to eighth in WNBA history for field goals scored, passing Cappie Pondexter (2,446).
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Las Vegas led by 29 points.
Wilson finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds for Las Vegas (11-1), which won for the fourth time in a row. Kelsey Plum had 21 points and six assists and Gray added 11 points and eight assists. The Aces had 29 assists on 36 field goals made.
Sug Sutton scored a career-high 21 points for Phoenix (2-9), which lost for its fourth straight. Sophie Cunningham added 14 points, Moriah Jefferson scored 12, and Megan Gustafson had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
