A’ja Wilson had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Angel McCoughtry added 24 points and eight rebounds, and the Aces beat the Sparks 86-82.
Basketball
Aces center JiSu Park will sit out the 2020 WNBA season to train this summer in South Korea. The 21-year-old played sparingly in 2019, averaging 6.5 minutes in 25 games.
Oregon won the Pac-12 men’s regular-season basketball championship Saturday to earn the No. 1 seed for this week’s conference tournament at T-Mobile Arena.
Oregon rolled past Arizona 88-70, and Stanford whipped UCLA 67-51 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Alex Fowler made 10 of 17 field goals in a 76-69 win for the No. 4 Pilots over the No. 5 Tigers in the West Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals at Orleans Arena.
Sam Merrill’s 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left gave Utah State a 59-56 victory over San Diego State on Saturday and the Mountain West tournament championship.
A high school principal in Washington state has resigned after a Facebook post suggested the late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant deserved to die.
Surprisingly strong Baylor, Dayton and San Diego State have climbed in the power ratings, but could run into difficulty in the NCAA Tournament.
Nate Grimes and Orlando Robinson lead Fresno State in scoring, and both are from Las Vegas. The Bulldogs visit UNLV on Saturday.
Former UNLV men’s basketball coach Marvin Menzies sold his Southern Highlands home for $1.15 million on Friday, according to public property records.
Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, officials said Friday.
Aces guards Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young are among 11 players selected to attend USA Basketball’s three-on-three’s Olympic qualifying team training camp, the organization announced Friday.
UNLV guard Bryce Hamilton averaged 16 points over the past three games and was a key reason for the Rebels’ improved play.
Brigham Young took control early by making almost 70 percent of its 3-pointers in the first half, and the Cougars rolled past UNLV on Saturday in Salt Lake City.
Washington would take its first WNBA championship no matter where it happens. But the Mystics want to win it in Connecticut on Tuesday in part for their coach.
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