Seattle\u2019s Nneka Ogwumike scored 22 points to move into sixth place on the WNBA\u2019s all-time scoring list.<\/p>\n
SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Nneka Ogwumike scored 22 points to move into sixth place on the WNBA\u2019s all-time scoring list and the Seattle Storm beat the Golden State Valkyries 67-58 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Ogwumike passed Candice Dupree (6,895 points) by one point and is now behind Tamika Catchings, who scored 7,380 in her career.<\/p>\n
The Storm (14-9) went to Ogwumike quite often down the stretch. She had 11 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter, including a pivotal layup with 2:09 remaining and a pair of free throws at the 1:18 mark to put Seattle up 61-54.<\/p>\n
Erica Wheeler had a strong third quarter, sinking back-to-back 3-pointers early and following with a running layup at the 7:41 mark to put the Storm up 39-33.<\/p>\n
With 2:32 to go in the third, Wheeler converted a three-point play to give Seattle a 45-37 lead. The Valkyries (10-12) made it 56-54 with just 4:48 to go in regulation on a layup from Veronica Burton.<\/p>\n
Ogwumike\u2019s late efforts were enough to stymie the late Golden State push.<\/p>\n
Wheeler had 15 points. Skylar Diggins scored 10 and Lexie Brown scored seven off the bench.<\/p>\n
Cecilia Zandalasini had 12 points and Janelle Salaun scored 10 for the Valkyries.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
The Storm host the Dallas Wings on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Valkyries host the Dallas Wings on July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle\u2019s Nneka Ogwumike scored 22 points to move into sixth place on the WNBA\u2019s all-time scoring list. SEATTLE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-14843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}