The Mystics beat the Tempo in their franchise opener, and on a buzzer-beater last month, but after a surprising yet crucial win for Toronto against the Liberty in Montreal, it will look to build on that momentum and pick up a second straight win tonight with Washington in town. The Tempo on TSN panel tees it up.
Kayla McBride finished with 37 points, going 6-11 from behind the three-point line, as the Lynx held off the Mercury with a 104-100 point victory.
Angel Reese had 23 points and 13 rebounds for her WNBA-leading 16th double-double of the season, Allisha Gray added 20 points, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Los Angeles Sparks 101-92 on Monday night.
Caitlin Clark had 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points, and the Fever beat A'ja Wilson and the Aces on Sunday night. Mitchell became the fifth player in WNBA history to score at least 25 points in six consecutive games.
The Tempo held off a late-game charge from the Liberty on Sunday to end a four-game losing streak in their second of two games at the Bell Centre. Marina Mabrey led the way with a game-high 30 points for Toronto while Sabrina Ionescu’s 28 points were not enough for New York to stage a comeback.
The Tempo held on for a rollercoaster win over the Liberty in Montreal on Sunday that snapped a four-game losing skid. TSN's Chelsea Leite has more on how Toronto
The Liberty's Betnijah Laney-Hamilton is ejected after throwing a shoe at Tempo star Marina Mabrey.
After being outscored 27-13 in the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, Matt Cullen and Tamika Nurse discuss how the Tempo found a way to hold on late with clutch plays on both sides of the ball. Marina Mabrey dropped a game-high 30 points but the strong supporting play from Maria Conde and Laura Juskaite helped give Toronto the extra push they needed to get over the hump.
Jevohn Shepherd joins Kara Wagland to discuss Marina Mabrey's huge 30-point effort in Toronto's win over the Liberty on Sunday afternoon and how the Tempo settled in late in the fourth quarter with clutch baskets from Mabrey and Nyara Sabally that helped power Toronto to their first win in their last five.
Marina Mabrey dropped a game-high 30 points in the Tempo's win over the Liberty and spoke post-game about what it took to squash their recent fourth-quarter woes, discusses the clutch defensive efforts late in the game and how they settled in when the tension was high.
Kayla McBride scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Olivia Miles added 23 points after missing two games and the Lynx edged the Liberty on Saturday. Sabrina Ionescu scored 25 points for New York, which has lost four of five games.
A'ja Wilson had 21 points and 15 rebounds in just 25 minutes as the Aces routed the Mercury on Saturday night in one of the worst blowouts in WNBA history. Las Vegas led by 54 points in the fourth quarter before matching the third-largest win in league history.
Paige Bueckers scored a season-high 34 points, Jessica Shepard had 20 points and 17 rebounds, and the Wings beat the Tempo on Friday night in front of a WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 at the Bell Centre. Marina Mabrey had 34 points for Toronto, which has lost four straight.
Paige Bueckers led the way with 34 points to help the Wings beat the Tempo in the first-ever WNBA game in Montreal. The attendance of 20,996 set a new WNBA regular season record. TSN's Chelsea Leite has more.
Paige Bueckers dropped a season-high 34 points to lead the Wings to victory over the Tempo in front of a record-breaking crowd in Montreal. TSN Basketball analyst Jevohn Shepherd breaks down how Bueckers torched Toronto, and Marina Mabrey matching Bueckers with 34 points of her own in a losing effort.
Paige Bueckers and Marina Mabrey gave the record-breaking crowd of 20,996 in Montreal a show as they both posted 34 points in a thrilling duel that saw the Wings walk away with the victory. Tamika Nurse joins Matt Cullen to discuss the entertaining battle between Dallas and Toronto on Friday.
The WNBA will land in Montreal for the first time as the Toronto Tempo take on the Dallas Wings for the second time this week. TSN's Basketball analyst Jevohn Shepherd joins Kara Wagland to preview the matchup with Toronto looking to snap a three-game skid.
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