Aces guard Kelsey Plum scored a career-high 32 points and helped turn an 11-point deficit into an easy win over the New York Liberty on Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
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Las Vegas Aces news, scores, highlights and game reports for the two-time WNBA champs, led by A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young.
The game coincides with the Olympic break, and a team comprised of WNBA All-Stars will play a team from the USA national team, which will be training in Las Vegas.
A’ja Wilson scored 19 of her 28 points in the second half of a victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday to power Las Vegas to its sixth win in seven games.
Sugar Rodgers concluded her playing career with the Aces last seasonand is adjusting to her new role as an assistant coach on Bill Laimbeer’s coaching staff.
Pepper Persley is a burgeoning women’s sports journalist and social justice activist, complete with an Instagram live show and a podcast.
The Aces don’t play again until next Sunday, giving them ample time for rest, recovery and practice after an arduous trip out East.
The Aces are 1-1 on their three-game East Coast road trip.
Wilson submitted her best statline of the season and scored on consecutive possessions to ignite a 14-3 run that spurred the Aces to victory at the Barclays Center in New York.
Aces guard Kelsey Plum is available Thursday after missing the previous six games.
Liz Cambage scored 28 points Tuesday afternoon, but the Aces fell to the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Forward Joyner Holmes, a five-star recruit out of high school who played at Texas, scored eight points Sunday in her debut after signing with the Aces on Saturday.
The Aces cruised past the Indiana Fever on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena, eclipsing 100 points in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.
Joyner Holmes, 23, was the No. 19 pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and played in 19 games for the New York Liberty last season, averaging 2.9 points in 10 minutes per game.
Chelsea Gray had 19 points and 12 assists Friday night to spur the Aces to a 113-77 victory over the Indiana Fever at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Aces’ Jackie Young is morphing into a two-way menace who can score, create and stifle opposing guards and wings.
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