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07/28 23:47 CDT Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu lead Liberty to 113-109 win
over skidding Sparks
Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu lead Liberty to 113-109 win over skidding
Sparks
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Breanna Stewart had 29 points and Sabrina Ionescu scored
27 to help the New York Liberty hold off the Los Angeles Sparks 113-109 on
Tuesday night.
Stewart made 11 of 19 shots and scored 19 points in the second half after New
York (16-12) trailed 56-53 at the break. She added seven assists, four rebounds
and four steals.
Ionescu shot 9 for 16 with five 3-pointers and had 14 points in the first
quarter to help the Liberty lead 36-30.
Rebekah Gardner finished with 15 points for New York and fellow reserves Han Xu
and Marine Fauthoux each scored 13.
Rae Burrell had 24 points to lead Los Angeles (10-17), which has lost six
straight and nine of 11. Nneka Ogwumike chipped in with 21 points and nine
assists after posting four straight double-doubles.
Burrell sank a 3-pointer to put the Sparks up 81-74, but Stewart hit a floater
to finish a quarter-ending 11-4 run and the Liberty led by a point heading into
the fourth.
Fauthoux hit two straight 3s for a 93-86 advantage and New York maintained a
two-possession lead for almost all of the final eight minutes.
Up next
Liberty: At the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday.
Sparks: At the Portland Fire on Sunday.
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