The best run of Nneka Ogwumike season is helping Seattle Storm to climb WNBA standing.
After helping Seattle win three in a row by scoring at least 25 in each game, Ogwumike attempted to continue her role against Indiana fever on Tuesday night.
Ogwumike has scored at least 25 runs in three straight games since being signed with Seattle after the 2023 season. Former MVP and nine-time All Star have scored 25 or more five times for Seattle, which is 5–0 in those games.
The latest Sunday night took place when Ogwumike scored 26 runs and made 12 out of 17 shots in a domestic victory of 89–79 on New York Liberty. The Ogwumike is shooting 71.4 percent (35 -off -49) in its last three matches against Liberty, Las Vegas Aces and Los Angeles Sparks.
On Sunday, Ogwumike scored 13 points in the fourth quarter and 20 points in the second half, when Seattle (9–5) dropped New York out of 46–37.
Storm guard Skyler Digins told Seattle Times after adding her 20 points to the second half, “I see her not only what she does on the floor, but how she takes herself and how she makes us a standard with her experience.”
Seattle is on its second three-game winning streak and has won six out of seven after 27-June 1, a three-game losing streak.
Seattle coach Nole Quinn said, “We still have a lot of work to do a lot of work, but I think we are trending in the right direction with a lot of things.”
Indiana (6-7) is 2–2 as Calin Clarke returned to five matches missing in five matches with a quad injury by defeating New York on 14 June.
Clarke then scored 20 runs in Indiana’s 17 -point win over Connectic Sun, but jointly shot 34 and 1 -17 out of 3 in Golden State and Las Vegas.
On Sunday, Clarke scored 19 points to Las Vegas in a loss of 89–81. In the fourth quarter of that game, Indiana was dropped from 31-20.
Clarke told reporters, “There are going to be stretchs that are really good and are going to be stretch which are not as good.” “Obviously, this is disappointing because you want them to go in.”
While Clarke struggled in the last two matches, Calsey Mitchell has been scoring an average 18.8 points in her last four matches and ended with 20 on Sunday.
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