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.
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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.
Research shows that Generation Z, those born around the mid-1990s and beyond, are huge sports fans, but they consume sports differently. Leagues are taking note.