Postgame Notes: Vandersloot Ties Career-High in Assists, Records 32nd Career Double-Double to Lead Sky Past Aces

Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:02 AM

KEY RUNS
• The Aces opened the first four minutes of the game on a 15-8 run.

• After Las Vegas went up 33-24 halfway through the second quarter, Chicago answered with a 6-2 (35-30) run to cut the lead to
five with under four minutes to play.

• The Aces proceeded to score six unanswered (41-30) directly after that push from the Sky.

• Chicago opened the first minute and a half of the second half on a 7-0 run to tie the game at 46. The Sky continued its push by
extending its lead to five on a 10-5 run with just under four minutes to play in the third.

• Las Vegas went on a 11-0 run late in the fourth to tie the game with 13 seconds remaining in regulation.

KEY STATS

• Las Vegas had seven of its 25 points in the first quarter scored off turnovers. It finished the first half scoring 11 points of Chicago’s 8 turnovers.

• The Aces’ bench outscored the Sky’s 14-6 in the first half. • Chicago shot 10-15 (66.7%)from the floor during the third quarter, including 3-6 (50%)from beyond the arc for a 25-point total to just 12 points for the Aces.

• Las Vegas went 21-24 (87.5%)from the free throw line, while Chicago only attempted five shots from the charity stripe, shooting 40%

CHICAGO NOTES

• Stefanie Dolson made her 2nd start of the season tonight-the other coming also vs. Las Vegas in the season opener on July 26.

• Azurá Stevens scored 8 of the Sky’s first 15 points, shooting 4-7 from the floor (57.4%) with 4 rebounds in the first 8.5 minutes of the game. In her 2 games vs. Las Vegas this season, she has scored 26 points while shooting 12-20 (60%) from the floor.

• Courtney Vandersloot tied the Sky franchise record for most assists in a half (10). The veteran guard contributed to 11 of the Sky’s 18 field goals in the first half.

• Stevens’ five blocks tonight is a career-high; she has nine over the course of her last three games.

• Kahleah Copper extended her double-digit scoring streak to nine consecutive games off her 18-point performance, which was the team-high. Copper has posted a double-digit scoring total in 11 of 12 games this season

• Eight of the Aces’ first 11 points were scored in the paint, with Angel McCoughtry scoring six of the 11 on 3-6 (50%) shooting in the first three and half minutes of the game.

• McCoughtry became the all-time leader in points scored against the Sky (688 points, passing Tina Charles at 687) after she dropped her 14th of 17 points tonight.

• Forward A’ja Wilson scored a season-low 11 points on 3-12 (33.3%) shooting tonight.