Angel Reese scored 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting and had 10 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream rout the Connecticut Sun 103-59 on Thursday night in the first WNBA game following a nearly three-week break for the FIBA World Cup.
asserted
Dream → score → Cup
A key member of the winning U.S. team in Germany, Reese reached 30 points on a free throw with 5:38 remaining and grabbed her 10th rebound a few seconds later for her WNBA-record 30th double-double of the season.
asserted
Reese → win → season
She finished a point shy of her career high, playing 25 minutes in the blowout for the playoff-bound Dream.
asserted
She → finish → Dream
Rhyne Howard set a WNBA season record with 129 3-pointers.
asserted
Howard → set → pointers
She made her only 3-pointer of the game — in nine attempts — with 6:45 left in the fourth to break Sabrina Ionescu’s record set in 2023 — reaching the mark in just 40 games.
asserted
She → make → games
Howard finished with 10 points.
asserted
Howard → finish → points
Allisha Gray also had 10 for Atlanta (27-14) to break her own franchise record for points in a season with 782.
asserted
Gray → have → 782
Olivia Nelson-Ododa led Connecticut (10-31) with 13 points — all in the first half.
asserted
Ododa → lead → half
Connecticut was outscored 31-11 in the third and 27-13 in the fourth.
asserted
Connecticut → outscore → fourth
Paige Bueckers scored 19 points, Jessica Shepard had her fifth triple-double of the season with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, and Dallas beat Los Angeles for its fifth straight victory.
Both teams were returning from the break for the FIBA World Cup in Germany, where Bueckers helped lead the United States to the title.
Dallas (25-16) tied the franchise record for wins in a season set by the 2003 WNBA champion Detroit Shock (25-9).
asserted
Dallas → score → Shock
The Wings have three games remaining in the regular season.
asserted
games → have → season
Shepard has the third-most triple-doubles in a season in WNBA history, trailing Alyssa Thomas’ six in the 2023 and eight in 2025.
asserted
Shepard → have → 2025
Maddy Siegrist added 12 points and Arike Ogunbowale had 11 for Dallas.
asserted
Ogunbowale → add → Dallas
Kitija Laksa and Aziaha James each scored 10 off the bench.
asserted
Laksa → score → bench
Odyssey Sims did not play in the fourth quarter after injuring her right knee late in the third.
asserted
Sims → play → third
Nneka Ogwumike scored 18 points to lead Los Angeles (12-26).
asserted
Ogwumike → score → Angeles
Dearica Hamby added 14 points and Rae Burrell had 12.
asserted
Burrell → add → 12
Shakira Austin scored 20 points, Kiki Iriafen finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Washington beat Chicago.
asserted
Washington → score → Chicago
The Mystics (25-16), tied with Dallas for sixth in the WNBA standings, moved a half-game ahead of New York.
asserted
Mystics → tie → York
The top four have home court advantage in the best-of-three first round of the playoffs, which begin Sept. 27.
asserted
which → have → playoffs
Courtney Vandersloot led Chicago with 14 points and Sydney Taylor scored 12.
asserted
Taylor → lead → 12
Kamilla Cardoso and Gabriela Jaquez each added 10 points.
asserted
Cardoso → add → points
Iriafen, who had her 21st double-double this season, grabbed four offensive rebounds to set a franchise single-season record with 115.
asserted
who → have → 115
Austin made a layup in the opening minute to break Washington’s single-season scoring record.
asserted
Austin → make → record
The 6-foot-5 center went into the game with 657 points this season, which tied the previous mark set by Sonia Citron in 2025.
asserted
which → go → 2025
Georgia Amoore and Michaela Onyenwere added 12 points apiece and Cotie McMahon scored 11 for the Mystics.
asserted
McMahon → add → Mystics
Citron (personal reasons) did not play.
asserted
Citron → play → ?
ACES 114, STORM 77
SEATTLE (AP) — Jackie Young tied the WNBA record for points in a quarter with 22 in the first and finished with a career-high 35, and Las Vegas beat Seattle.
asserted
Vegas → tie → Seattle
The top four have home-court advantage in the best-of-three first round of the playoffs.
asserted
four → have → playoffs
A’ja Wilson scored 29 points for the Aces.
asserted
Wilson → score → Aces
Las Vegas had its highest-scoring game since it set franchise’s record in a 118-95 win over Atlanta on July 4, 2021.
asserted
it → have → July
Young tied the quarter mark shared by Jewell Loyd, Brittney Sykes and Diana Taurasi.
asserted
Young → tie → Loyd
Picked No. 1 overall in the 2019 draft, Young was 8 of 9 from the field, 3 of 4 from 3-point range and 3 of 3 on free throws.
asserted
Young → pick → throws
Flau’jae Johnson led Seattle with 25 points and Natisha Hiedeman added 12 points and seven assists.
asserted
Hiedeman → lead → points
Stefanie Dolson scored 11 points and Dominique Malonga 10.
asserted
Malonga → score → points
MERCURY 94, FIRE 91
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Shay Ciezki had 22 points off the bench and Phoenix rallied in the fourth quarter for a victory over Portland.
asserted
Phoenix → have → Portland
Emily Engstler had 21 points and five 3-pointers for the expansion Fire, who have lost five of their last six.
asserted
who → have → six
Holly Winterburn added 18 points.
asserted
Winterburn → add → points
Both teams have been eliminated from playoff contention.
asserted
teams → eliminate → contention
The Fire (16-25) were without Carla Leite, who won the silver medal with France at the World Cup, as well as Megan DiLeo, who played for third-place Spain.
asserted
who → win → Spain
…and 3 more, not listed.
The Aporia
