{"id":857441,"date":"2026-08-14T05:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857441\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T05:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:32:12","slug":"howard-gray-each-score-29-points-as-dream-ease-by-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/857441\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard, Gray each score 29 points as Dream ease by Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNCASVILLE, Conn. \u2014 Rhyne Howard scored 29 points and made five 3-pointers, Allisha Gray also had 29 points, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/wnba\/teams\/atlanta-dream\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"atlanta-dream\" data-league=\"wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlanta Dream<\/a> eased by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/wnba\/teams\/connecticut-sun\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"connecticut-sun\" data-league=\"wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connecticut Sun<\/a> 104-69 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Howard scored 10 of Atlanta\u2019s opening 12 points and she finished the first half with 23 points. Howard made a 3-pointer with 6:19 left in the third quarter to cap her scoring and give Atlanta a 66-36 lead. She finished 7 of 10 from the field, including 5 of 8 behind the arc, and 10 of 11 at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Gray made Atlanta\u2019s 11th 3-pointer \u2014 on just 22 attempts \u2014 midway through the fourth quarter for an 88-58 advantage. She was 4 of 5 from 3-point range to help Atlanta go 14 of 26 (54%).<\/p>\n<p>Angel Reese grabbed 15 rebounds for Atlanta (21-12) to set a single-season franchise record for total boards, reaching the mark of 375 in just 32 games. Reese struggled from the field, making just 3 of 13 shots to finish with eight points.<\/p>\n<p>Aaliyah Edwards led Connecticut (8-24) with 15 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta led 53-32 at the break and began the second half on a 17-4 run. The Dream led by as many as 37 points.<\/p>\n<p>Dream: Host Indiana on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sun: Host New York on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UNCASVILLE, Conn. \u2014 Rhyne Howard scored 29 points and made five 3-pointers, Allisha Gray also had 29 points,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-857441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857441","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=857441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}