{"id":62010,"date":"2025-08-06T06:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62010\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T06:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:49:10","slug":"alyssa-thomas-has-2nd-straight-triple-double-to-lead-mercury-past-the-sun-82-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62010\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Thomas has 2nd straight triple-double to lead Mercury past the Sun 82-66"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Associated Press<\/p>\n

PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Alyssa Thomas<\/a> had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for her second straight triple-double and Satou Sabally<\/a> scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting as the Phoenix Mercury<\/a> beat the Connecticut Sun<\/a> 82-66 on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n

Thomas has 14 career triple-doubles in the regular season and four more in the playoffs. There have been 50 triple-doubles in WNBA<\/a> history (regular season and playoffs combined) and no other player has more than Sabrina Ionescu’s four. Thomas, who had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an 83-67 win over Chicago on Sunday, also had consecutive triple-doubles in June 2023, as well as in Game 3 and Game 4 of the 2022 WNBA Finals. <\/p>\n

DeWanna Bonner<\/a> hit four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points for Phoenix (18-11), and Kahleah Copper<\/a> scored 15. <\/p>\n

Marina Mabrey<\/a> led Connecticut (5-23) with 18 points, and Tina Charles<\/a> scored 16. Rookie Leila Lacan<\/a> added 10 points, a season-high tying six steals and five rebounds. Lacan has at least one steal in eight consecutive games and has 25 steals in that span. <\/p>\n

The Mercury never trailed and jumped to a 10-2 lead as Connecticut missed it’s first nine field-goal attempts before Bria Hartley<\/a> made a driving layup more than 4 1\/2 minutes into the game. Phoenix limited the Sun to 13% (2 of 16) shooting and their lowest-scoring quarter of the season in the first and took a 26-6 in the second.<\/p>\n

Charles hit a 3-pointer that capped a 12-2 run and cut the deficit to 30-22 with 4:35 left in the first half, but Connecticut never got closer.<\/p>\n

Phoenix beat the Sun 83-75 on the road June 18. <\/p>\n

The Mercury play the second of four straight home games Thursday against the Caitlin Clark-less Indiana Fever, and the Sun visit Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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