{"id":815799,"date":"2026-07-21T06:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815799\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:35:49","slug":"wilson-young-combine-for-50-points-as-las-vegas-aces-defeat-toronto-tempo-109-83-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815799\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson, Young combine for 50 points as Las Vegas Aces defeat Toronto Tempo 109-83 \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 A\u2019ja Wilson and Jackie Young combined for 50 points as the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Toronto Tempo 109-83 at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Tempo (10-16) have now lost three straight games, and seven of their last eight.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, the four-time WNBA MVP, had 26 points with six rebounds and four assists while Young had a double-double (24 points, 12 assists). NaLyssa Smith chipped in 18 points for the Aces (18-7).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5ed10dc06021afb961448ajpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"5000\" data-pswp-height=\"3333\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5ed10dc06021afb961448ajpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Tempo's Isabelle Harrison (21) drives past Las Vegas Aces' NaLyssa Smith (3) during first half WNBA basketball action in Toronto, on Monday, July 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToronto Tempo&#8217;s Isabelle Harrison (21) drives past Las Vegas Aces&#8217; NaLyssa Smith (3) during first half WNBA basketball action in Toronto, on Monday, July 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan<\/p>\n<p>Isabelle Harrison led the Tempo in scoring with a career-high 26 points and 11 rebounds. Mar\u00eda Conde had 15 points and eight rebounds, while Marina Mabrey added 14 points and five assists.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto was without head coach Sandy Brondello, who was serving a one-game suspension. The WNBA suspended Brondello for an \u201cinappropriate\u201d comment she made about Atlanta star Angel Reese during the Dream\u2019s 111- 92 win on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tempo\u2019s associate head coach, Olaf Lange, led the team in Brondello\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>The Tempo were also without the injured Brittney Sykes (foot), Kiki Rice (ankle) and Nyara Sabally (rib cage).<\/p>\n<p>Takeaways<\/p>\n<p>Aces: The reigning WNBA champions were superior in the transition game, scoring 14 fast-break points compared to just three for Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Tempo: Toronto finished 2-7 on its nine-game homestand that spanned 26 days, and took place across three venues \u2014 Toronto\u2019s Coca-Cola Coliseum and Scotiabank Arena, and Montreal\u2019s Bell Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment<\/p>\n<p>A turnover by Toronto point guard Julie Allemand led to a pull-up jump shot from Wilson, giving the Aces a 21-point lead midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Key stat<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779296989_228_onsports-tile-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Mike McIntyre | On Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Aces scored 20 points off turnovers, compared to just seven for the Tempo.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Aces: Las Vegas travel to Washington to take on the Mystics on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tempo: Toronto visits the Minnesota Lynx on July 28, following the all-star break.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 20, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 A\u2019ja Wilson and Jackie Young combined for 50 points as the Las Vegas Aces defeated the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-815799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815799","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=815799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}