Veronica Burton just had the night of her life.<\/p>\n
The Golden State Valkyries’ star point guard just put up a career-high in scoring and a historic WNBA stat line overall to lead a narrow win over the Washington Mystics. The victory pushes the Valkyries to 18-15 on the season, holding onto the seventh seed in the league right now.<\/p>\n
Before we go any further, Burton’s stats:<\/p>\n
36 minutes30 points10-13 FG6-9 3FG4-6 FT7 rebounds7 assists1 steal<\/p>\n
The 30 points are a career-high total, and that’s ridiculous efficiency in the process.<\/p>\n
Her well-rounded game showed up as usual in the rebounds and the steals.<\/p>\n
Burton is also regarded as an incredible defender, and she and the rest of the Valkyries held rookie phenom Sonia Citron to 4-for-13 shooting from the field.<\/p>\n
It’s the latest brilliant outing in a special year for Burton, who was a key pick by the expansion Valkyries.<\/p>\n
In fact, it’s the third-ever 30-5-5 game by a player on an expansion team, per espnW<\/a>.<\/p>\n This has finally been the opportunity Burton needed to break out in the W.<\/p>\n She was a superstar in Newton, Massachusetts, who went on to Northwestern and became a three-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n Burton was chosen seventh overall in 2022 by the Dallas Wings. She played for the Connecticut Sun last season before getting a chance to spread her wings this season with the Valkyries.<\/p>\n If the Valkyries make the playoffs, like they’re on pace to do, it’ll be Burton leading them there. And with her playing like this, they can compete with anyone.<\/p>\n