GAME RECAP: Aces Clinch Home Court Advantage for WNBA Quarterfinals with 80-66 Win Over Sky<\/p>\n
Mon, Sep 8, 2025, 5:00 AM<\/p>\n
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 7, 2025) \u2014 Led by A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s 31-point, 11-rebound performance \u2014 a WNBA record 13th 30-point game in a single season \u2014 the Las Vegas Aces (28-14) upped their winning streak to 14 games with a 80-66 victory over the Chicago Sky (10-32) on Sunday night in T-Mobile Arena. Jackie Young recorded her 14th 20-point performance of 2025 and finished with 20 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds; Chelsea Gray added 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.<\/p>\n
Rachel Banham and Michaela Onyenwere led 5 Sky players in double figures with 12 points apiece.<\/p>\n
Box Score<\/a> | Gallery<\/a> | Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n TEAM ACES SKY First Quarter Highlights<\/a> (Las Vegas 24, Chicago 15) Second Quarter Highlights<\/a> (Las Vegas 43, Chicago 30) Third Quarter Highlights<\/a> (Las Vegas 70, Chicago 50) Fourth Quarter Highlights<\/a> (Las Vegas 80, Chicago 66) KEY STATS: On Tuesday, Sept. 16, When We All Vote is celebrating National Voter Registration Day to get thousands of Americans registered and ready to vote! More than 53,000<\/a> local and state elections are happening on November 4, where voters across the country will elect their governors, mayors, judges, school boards, city council members, and more.<\/p>\n Las Vegas outscored Chicago 24-5 on fast break points and 34-32 in the paint, while the Sky held a 16-11 advantage in points in the paint.<\/p>\n The Sky outrebounded the Aces 40-28, including 12-6 on the offensive glass.<\/p>\n The Aces committed 10 turnovers leading to 12 Sky points, while capitalizing on Chicago\u2019s 19 turnovers, 12 of which were Aces steals, for 22 points.<\/p>\n The Aces largest lead of 25 points came in the third quarter; they never tied or trailed in the game.<\/p>\n GAME NOTES: Wilson holds the top spot in WNBA history with a record 26 career 30\/10 games<\/a>. Tina Charles is No. 2 with 15.<\/p>\n With 20 points tonight, Young tied Sabrina Ionescu at No. 11 with 14 20-point games this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jewell Loyd is 9 points away from reaching 6,000 career points and will be the 15th player in WNBA history to reach that milestone.<\/a><\/p>\n Young needs 7 more rebounds to hit 1,000 for her career (993).<\/p>\n The double-double was the 119th of Wilson\u2019s career, which lists No. 5 among all-time WNBA leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n NaLyssa Smith was listed as out on concussion protocol and Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (maternity) has not yet been activated.<\/p>\n Las Vegas became the 5th team in WNBA history to reach 14 consecutive wins<\/a>. The 2001 Los Angeles Sparks lead with 18.<\/p>\n UP NEXT: The Aces host the Sky for their last home game of the regular season on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. Tuesday\u2019s game will also be Aces Fan Appreciation Night, preceded by a free Fan Fest at Toshiba Plaza from 4-7 p.m. The Aces first-ever Fan Fest will include a variety of activities, immersive activations and appearances by Aces entertainment teams. The game will air locally on Vegas 34. Tickets are still available through AXS.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAME RECAP: Aces Clinch Home Court Advantage for WNBA Quarterfinals with 80-66 Win Over Sky Mon, Sep 8,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-128127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Aces opened with an 11-0 lead with less than 3 minutes expired and never trailed. The Sky responded with back-to-back 3-pointers in a 10-5 run to close to 16-10 at 4:28. That was as close as Chicago would get for the remainder of the game.\u00a0Las Vegas shot 61.1% (11-18 FGs) from the floor but only 28.6% (2-7 3 pt FGs) from distance; Chicago connected on 33.3% (6-18 FGs) of its attempts and 42.9% (3-7 3pt FGs) from 3-point land. Wilson led all with 8 points, while Kamilla Cardoso and Banham tallied 6 apiece for the opposition.<\/p>\n
The Aces brought their lead back up to 11, 26-15, in the opening minute of the second quarter and maintained no less than an 8-point lead until the halftime buzzer. The Sky\u2019s only run was 4 points, which closed their deficit to 31-23 at the 4:22 mark. A 12-4 Las Vegas run, which included 4 points from Megan Gustafson, led the Aces to double their lead to 16, 43-27, with 1:15 to go. Both teams hit on 36.8% (7-19 FGs each) of their attempts and shot a combined 2 of 13 (.154) from deep. Wilson led the Aces once again with 7 points and no Sky player scored more than 4.<\/p>\n
The Sky struck first, but the Aces countered with a 7-1 run to bring their lead to 50-33 with 7:21 to go. Back-to-back Aces turnovers led to 5 Chicago points and narrowed the lead to 12, 50-38. Las Vegas responded with a 17-4 run to balloon its lead to 25, 67-42. The run included 7 points from Wilson, who led all players in the quarter with 12. The Aces made 58.8% (10-17 FGs) from the floor and 45.5% (5-11 3pt FGs) from distance; the Sky netted 47.1% (8-17 FGs) of their field goal attempts and shot 2 of 4 (.500) from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas\u2019 lead wavered between 14 and 21 points in the final frame. The Aces shot poorly from the field, making just 25% (4-16 FGs) from the floor and beyond the arc (2-8 3pt FGs); the Sky hit 46.2% (6-13 FGs) of their shot attempts and went 0 of 4 from distance. Wilson had 4 points, while Sevgi Uzun recorded 6 for Chicago.<\/p>\n
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Wilson upped her already league-leading 30\/10 double-doubles to 10 on the season<\/a>. No other player has more than 1.<\/p>\n