The 12 WNBA teams will be included in the newest release of the game for the first time. They will be available for use in Play Now and Season modes.
Sam Gordon
Former Columnist/Enterprise
Liz Cambage scored a season-high 28 points, but the Aces struggled to execute in the fourth quarter and lost to the Sky on Friday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The WNBA team said that while announced attendance is down 16 percent from last season, actual attendance has increased in the franchise’s second year in Las Vegas.
The second-year wing signed a seven-day contract with the Aces on Tuesday. She played in 31 games for the team last season, averaging 2.5 points and 9.1 minutes.
The Aces resumed their suspended game against the Washington Mystics on Monday, and fell 99-70 at T-Mobile Arena.
Swift sat out the high school season after transferring from Durango to Desert Pines, but returned to competitive basketball during the club season with the Las Vegas Knicks, with whom he reached the under-16 championship game Sunday in the Fantastic 40 at the Tarkanian Basketball Academy.
The two WNBA powers are set to finish Monday what they started last month, this time at 7 p.m. inside T-Mobile Arena because of a scheduling conflict at Mandalay Bay.
Kayla McBride made a corner 3-pointer with 29.6 seconds left Saturday and converted two free throws with 18.9 seconds left to help the Aces clinch a 75-70 win at Dallas.
The 6-foot-2-inch junior point guard has received offers from Long Beach State, Fresno State and UNR during his club basketball season with the Las Vegas Knicks.
The 25-year-old was diagnosed with the condition before the 2018 season and never played for the Aces. She was traded to Dallas and is averaging 7.7 points and 4.8 rebounds.
Kayla McBride scored 19 points Thursday night, but the Aces sputtered in the fourth quarter en route to a 76-68 road loss to the Los Angeles Sparks at Staples Center.
The NCAA revised its recruiting calendar last year and reduced the number of weekends college coaches can watch and recruit during the club season.
The 6-foot-3-inch forward has started the past three games in place of the injured Wilson and is averaging 18.7 points and 9.0 rebounds and shooting 65.7 percent.
Las Vegas forward Dearica Hamby started for the third straight game in place of the injured A’ja Wilson, and recorded a team-high 18 points, 11 rebounds and two steals.
The Aces returned to practice Monday for the first time since the All-Star break, and are focused on building on the positives of the first half of the season — and improving some of the negatives.