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<\/p>\nMabrey currently sits fourth in the league in scoring, making her one of the early favourites for the league\u2019s Most Improved Player Award.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think (Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello) holding me accountable is probably the biggest thing just because she\u2019s really challenging me,\u201d said Mabrey. \u201cI changed some things in the off-season, knowing that my footwork is there, I think that I can get to the spots easier and know I\u2019m gonna\u2019 finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then, obviously, my teammates. When you have teammates that are fully trusting you, getting you the ball, letting you run the team, letting you run the offence \u2026 and seeing that they\u2019re also getting confidence from it is, I think, the biggest step that we have taken as a team.\u201d <\/p>\n
Against the Liberty, she once again carried the offensive load, scoring 30 points as the Tempo snapped a four-game losing streak with a 93-91 victory at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n
This was the fourth time since Sykes\u2019 injury that Mabrey reached the 30-point mark \u2014 including a 53-point eruption against the Los Angeles Sparks that tied the all-time WNBA record.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to coach Marina,\u201d said Brondello. \u201cI felt like, in the past, she\u2019s always been a little underrated, but she\u2019s one of the best shot creators in the league, and I\u2019ve coached many of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shot creation proved invaluable Sunday as her 30 points and steady free throw shooting \u2014 including eight of the team\u2019s final 10 points \u2014 led the way during a tense and confrontational fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Despite enjoying a lead as big as 20 points and not trailing all game, the Tempo almost threw the game away by getting into foul trouble.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just working on not being rage-baited,\u201d joked Mabrey, who was also hit with a shoe thrown by Liberty guard Betnijah Laney-Hamilton during the game.<\/p>\n
Brondello voiced her displeasure with the game\u2019s officiating but acknowledged that their fourth quarter was not up to their usual standard, praising Toronto\u2019s resilience instead.<\/p>\n
The game was the second of the weekend being held at the Bell Centre. The Tempo will play twice in Vancouver (Aug. 21 and Aug. 23) in celebration of Canada\u2019s first-ever WNBA franchise.<\/p>\n
The players and coaching staff were impressed with the crowd turnout in Montreal as Friday\u2019s game against the Dallas Wings broke the league record for regular-season attendance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been great. Off the court, it was nice to see Tempo fans around the city,\u201d said guard Laura Ju\u0161kait\u0117, who registered a game-high 10 assists in Sunday\u2019s win.<\/p>\n
\u201cWherever you go, you meet somebody. It\u2019s cool to be visible, see the fans, and just enjoy the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mabrey currently sits fourth in the league in scoring, making her one of the early favourites for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-798132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798132","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=798132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}