Women's National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
Connecticut 87,
Phoenix 74
Friday, September 2, 2016 7:00 PM
Location -
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Officials - #19 Tiara Cruse, #8 Daryl Humphrey, #21 Byron Jarrett
Attendance - 6709
Officials - #19 Tiara Cruse, #8 Daryl Humphrey, #21 Byron Jarrett
Attendance - 6709
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Phoenix | 16 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 74 |
| Connecticut | 23 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 87 |
Phoenix Mercury
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Penny Taylor | G | 28:19 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 7-7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Diana Taurasi | G | 24:35 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| DeWanna Bonner | F | 33:13 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Candice Dupree | F | 29:21 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Brittney Griner | C | 32:56 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 9-11 | -2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 |
| Lindsey Harding | 14:38 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marta Xargay Casademont | 8:57 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mistie Bass | 8:35 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sonja Petrovic | 8:14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kelsey Bone | 7:04 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Isabelle Harrison | 2:04 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Harden | 2:04 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 200 | 25-55 | 4-16 | 20-22 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 74 | ||
| 45.5% | 25.0% | 90.9% | Team Rebs: 0 | Total TO: 23 | |||||||||||
Connecticut Sun
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jasmine Thomas | G | 33:45 | 7-19 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Alex Bentley | G | 27:32 | 6-14 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Alyssa Thomas | F | 31:33 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Camille Little | F | 30:01 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Chiney Ogwumike | C | 28:01 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Jonquel Jones | 20:36 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Courtney Williams | 15:24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Kelly Faris | 6:30 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shekinna Stricklen | 5:57 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asia Taylor | 0:41 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rachel Banham | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| Aneika Henry | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan Tuck | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 200 | 35-76 | 4-17 | 13-21 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 87 | ||
| 46.1% | 23.5% | 61.9% | Team Rebs: 0 | Total TO: 9 | |||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| CONN | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Connecticut | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| Points in the Paint | 32 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 0 |