{"id":728532,"date":"2026-06-27T04:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/728532\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:27:11","slug":"sun-beat-mystics-to-earn-first-back-to-back-wins-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/728532\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun beat Mystics to earn first back-to-back wins of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-VMXCNAQ52FFAFAPKWT5M2XRD5I-image\" alt=\"Charlisse Leger-Walker (right) had 10 points to help the Sun knock off the Mystics on Friday.\" class=\"height_a width_full invisible width_full--mobile width_full--tablet-only\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VMXCNAQ52FFAFAPKWT5M2XRD5I.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>Charlisse Leger-Walker (right) had 10 points to help the Sun knock off the Mystics on Friday.Sean D. Elliot\/Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">UNCASVILLE, Conn. \u2014 Leila Lacan and Olivia Nelson-Ododa each scored 12 points, Kennedy Burke had 11 off the bench, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/sports\/wnba\/boxscore\/?gameid=20260626012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/sports\/wnba\/boxscore\/?gameid=20260626012\">68-57<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Nelson-Ododa added nine rebounds for Connecticut (4-15), which has won back-to-back games for the first time all year. Lacan had four steals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Brittney Griner and Charlisse Leger-Walker had 10 points apiece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Washington took a timeout with 1:06 remaining before committing three turnovers to seal its second straight loss. The Mystics shot 35 percent from the field and 54 percent from the free-throw line while getting outscored by 16 points in the paint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Georgia Amoore led all scorers with 14 points. Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen each netted 11 as the Mystics (8-9) had three players finish in double digits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\">Connecticut coach Rachid Meziane missed the game due to illness. Associate head coach Roneeka Hodges took over in replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlisse Leger-Walker (right) had 10 points to help the Sun knock off the Mystics on Friday.Sean D. Elliot\/Getty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[402,56606,8099,240259,313256,293,2000,56610,313257,308,27038,56613,27043,313255,688,1079,99,56612,24,434,2088],"class_list":["post-728532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-basketball","tag-basketball-sport","tag-celebration","tag-charlisse-leger-walker","tag-chicago-sky-basketball-team","tag-color-image","tag-connecticut","tag-connecticut-sun-basketball-team","tag-first-quarter-sport","tag-horizontal","tag-leila-lacan","tag-match-sport","tag-mohegan-sun-arena","tag-number-4","tag-photography","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uncasville","tag-usa","tag-wnba","tag-womens-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728532","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=728532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}