The best-of-five WNBA semifinal series between the Aces and Seattle Storm begins next Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Basketball
Administrators, coaches and players with Las Vegas ties offered their thoughts on Thursday’s 50th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Title IX bill.
Aces guard Jackie Young played 35 minutes Wednesday at Dallas and scored a season-low eight points. But she said her ankle didn’t bother her in her return from injury.
Kelsey Plum and A’ja Wilson combined to score 52 points for the Aces, who twice trailed by 16 points in the first half before rallying to defeat the Dallas Wings.
Jackie Young is back in the starting lineup for the Aces after missing the previous two games because of a sprained right ankle.
Fourth-year guard Jackie Young signed a two-year extension. She was the first overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft.
Playing without All-Stars Liz Cambage and Dearica Hamby, the Aces clinched the victory over the Chicago Sky with a late 12-point run Thursday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Three-on-three basketball is played on a half court with a 12-second shot clock. Baskets inside the arc are a point and outside are two.
Both Las Vegas Aces players will be competing in their first Olympic Games. The 12-player roster was announced Monday for the Tokyo Olympics.
Six players scored in double figures for the Aces, who easily defeated the New York Liberty on Thursday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Aces lost to the Los Angeles Sparks in a closed-door scrimmage Sunday at Mandalay Bay. They were without projected starting point guard Chelsea Gray.
The Las Vegas Aces announced their preseason schedule on Tuesday.
Dearica Hamby and the Aces opened training camp Sunday. She is the two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year who partially tore the MCL in her right knee in the playoffs last season.
Nikki Fargas resigned Saturday as the Louisiana State women’s basketball coach and could be on the verge of replacing Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer as team president.
Generation-Z sports fans place more emphasis on social-justice issues than previous generations, forcing sports leagues and teams to take notice.