A’Ja Wilson recorded 22 points, 10 rebounds and three thefts, which to help the Las Vegas Aces Roll to win 87-62 on Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn on Tuesday night.
Jewel Lloyd scored 20 points for Las Vegas (1-1), 6 of the 93-point attempts. Jackie Young had 16 points and Chelsea Gray pairs 12 for the aces, who never led to 35 points and led.
Tina Charles scored 20 points to lead Surya (0–2). Ruki Sania rivers added 11 points to the bench for connecticut.
Lloyd bounced back after struggling at the beginning of his Las Vegas. The guard obtained from the Seattle Storm had just five points on 2 -10 shooting -from the back of the Arch to New York Liberty on a season -opening defeat.
Las Vegas shot 38.8 percent from the ground on Tuesday, including 10 out of 10 from the 3-point range.
Suraj was connected at 34.4 percent of its efforts and hit 3 out of 17 from behind the arc. Connecticut did 18 turnover.
Charles was the only sun starter to reach double digits. The other four jointly recalled all their seven shots in a scorer attempt with Jessie Sheldon for 15 points.
Aces scored the first nine points of the game and led 24–13 at the end of the first quarter. Young had 11 points in the period.
Loyd gave two traces 16–2 runs in 25 seconds, as Las Vegas took the lead by 44-23 with 2:27 in the first half.
ACES led 52–29 on the break. Loyd and young each had 14 points in half of each. There were 12 in half of Charles for connectivity.
Las Vegas scored the first seven points of the third quarter and increased its profit by 30. Kiersten Bell killed the 3-pointer and finished the quarter in style, giving the benefit of 78–46 entering the final verse.
Aaliyah NYE made a 3-pointer a difference of 35 points to open the fourth quarter, as Las Vegas hovering to finish.
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