Tina Charles scored 11 out of her 29 points in the fourth quarter and Jesse Sheldon added 16 points as Connecticut Sun ended the 93-83 win at the visiting Sealle Storm at the visiting Sealle Storm on Wednesday afternoon.
Bria Hartley scored 15 points and the Sanya rivers added 11 points with seven assistance as The Sun (3–16) won for the first time in Atlanta for the first time after 6 June. Charles had a team-high 11 rebounds.
Connecticut’s victory came without the major scorer Marina Mabre, which missed her sixth consecutive game with a knee injury.
Skylar Digins scored 23 points with seven assist and Gabby Williams added 21 points to the store, which proceeded 2–2 on a four-game road trip. Easy Magbegor scored 13 points, while Naneka Ogwumike added 12 points and 12 rebounds for Seattle (12-8).
In the first three quarters, the Sun tied the score 77–77 with the remaining on a jumper of Sheldon with 6:21. Connecticut then controlled a 16–4 lead for a 93-81 lead on the remaining two free throw from Leela Lacon.
In the fourth quarter, Surya had the advantage of 27-9 scoring, while shooting 58.8 percent from the floor, while the storm was kept up to 21.4 percent in the last 10 minutes.
After several 14 points behind in the first half, The Sun went to 10–2 runs in the third quarter and pulled into a 57–57 tie by the rivers after a three-digit game. The 5–0 run to close the third gave the storm a 74-66 lead.
Seattle opened an initial lead of 17–6 and was above 27–18 after a quarter. Surya trimmed the 49–41 deficit in the Haftime with the heart of the Connecticut, with all the scorers with 15 points. Williams led four storm scorer in double figures at half with 12 points.
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