By ALYCE BROWN
Sabrina Ionescu scored 28 factors to guide the New York Liberty to an 87-78 victory Tuesday night time over the Las Vegas Aces, who misplaced star A’ja Wilson to a proper wrist damage within the first half.
Wilson went down onerous midway by means of the second quarter and spent a number of minutes on the bottom surrounded by her teammates. She sustained an damage to her proper wrist and didn’t return toi the sport, reappearing on the bench within the third quarter with the wrist wrapped.
With the sport tied at 72, New York (13-6) scored the subsequent eight factors, led by Ionescu, who completed with eight assists and eight rebounds. Las Vegas’ final basket of the sport got here with 5:41 left. New York hit its free throws down the stretch to shut out the win,.
The Liberty held on to a skinny lead for a lot of the primary half, led by Ionescu’s 10 factors and recently-returned Leonie Fiebich with eight factors within the half. Their lead grew to 9 at its widest level, however the Aces (9-10) stayed shut and a final minute layup from Jackie Younger gave them the 42-40 lead heading into halftime.
Younger led scoring for Las Vegas with 19 factors, adopted by NaLyssa Smith and Chelsea Grey with 11 every.
The Liberty had been dealing with some damage problems with their very own. Starter Natasha Cloud didn’t play after sustaining a left hip damage towards Seattle on Sunday, whereas starter Jonquel Jones and Isabelle Harrison are nonetheless sidelined with their respective ankle and knee accidents.
