South Carolina women's basketball: Gamecocks in the WNBA - Week 17

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A’ja Wilson became the WNBA’s first 1,000-point scorer and Kaela Davis made a surprise return to the league. Get caught up on all the details in this week’s Gamecocks in the WNBA.

Atlanta Dream (13-25)
Laeticia Amihere (15 games, 4.7 minutes, 1.1 pts, 1.7 rebs)
Amihere did not play last week.

Last week:
Vs Minnesota (76-64 loss): DNP-CD
Vs Washington (72-69 loss): DNP-CD
At Washington (76-73/OT win): DNP-CD

Allisha Gray (38 games (38 starts), 33.5 mpg, 15.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 0.9 spg)
Gray notched her first double-double of the season against Washington and then nearly got her second two days later. The Dream is in a three-way tie with the Mystics and Sky for the final playoff spot.

Last week:
Vs Minnesota (76-64 loss): 33 minutes*, 17 points, 2 rebounds, assist
Vs Washington (72-69 loss): 37 minutes*, 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, block
At Washington (76-73/OT win): 41 minutes*, 12 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, block

Upcoming games:
Tuesday, September 17 vs Chicago (7:30 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, September 19 at New York (7:00 ET, League Pass)

Chicago Sky (13-25)
Kamilla Cardoso (32 games (29 starts), 27.4 mpg, 9.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.4 bpg)
Cardoso played well this week until aggravating her shoulder injury. She tried to play on Sunday (and had two points, two rebounds, and two blocks in the first five minutes), but wasn’t able to finish the game because of the injury

Last week:
Vs Washington (89-58 loss): 29 minutes*, 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, block
At Minnesota (83-66 loss): 37 minutes*, 16 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks
Vs Phoenix (93-88 loss): 9 minutes*, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks 

Kaela Davis (2 games, 4.0 mpg, no stats)
The Sky were banged up and needed an emergency guard. Davis was available. She was signed Wednesday morning and played Wednesday night, her first playing time in over two years

Last week:
Vs Washington (89-58 loss): 6 minutes, 0-3 shooting
At Minnesota (83-66 loss): 2 minutes, no stats
Vs Phoenix (93-88 loss): DNP-CD

Upcoming games:
Tuesday, September 17 at Atlanta (7:30 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, September 19 at Connecticut (7:00 ET, League Pass)

Connecticut Sun (27-11)
Ty Harris (37 games (36 starts), 28.9 mpg, 10.4 ppg, 3.0 apg, 1.7 rpg, 1.1 spg)
Harris broke out of a bit of a slump with consecutive double-figure scoring games. She had ten points in the first half alone against the Aces and then got to celebrate with A’ja Wilson after the game.

Last week:
At Los Angeles (88-66 win): 30 minutes*, 3 points, 2 assists, rebound, steal, block
At Phoenix (88-69 win): 24 minutes*, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
At Las Vegas (84-71 loss): 31 minutes*, 16 points, rebound, assist

Tiffany Mitchell (24 games, 16.3 mpg, 4.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg)
Mitchell still has not returned to the court, but she has been able to travel with the team. She was in Las Vegas for A’ja Wilson’s milestone 1,000th point and got to celebrate with her after the game.

Last week:
At Los Angeles (88-66 win): DNP-Illness
At Phoenix (88-69 win): DNP-Illness
At Las Vegas (84-71 loss): DNP-Illness

Upcoming games:
Tuesday, September 17 vs Minnesota (7:00 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, September 19 vs Chicago (7:00 ET, League Pass)

Indiana Fever (20-19)
Aliyah Boston (39 games (39 starts), 31.2 mpg, 14.1 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.3 bpg)
Boston struggled with fouls trying to guard A’ja Wilson but still put up a nice stat line. Indiana is locked into the sixth seed and with only one game this week, the starters may not play much.

Last week:
Vs Las Vegas (86-75 loss): 28 minutes*, 6 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists
Vs Las Vegas (78-74 loss): 30 minutes*, 14 points, 8 rebounds,  2 assists
Vs Dallas (110-109/OT win): 31 minutes*, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, block, steal

Victaria Saxton (8 games, 2.2 mpg, 0.4 ppg, 0.1 rpg)
Saxton did not play last week.

Last week:
Vs Las Vegas (86-75 loss): DNP-CD
Vs Las Vegas (78-74 loss): DNP-CD
Vs Dallas (110-109/OT win): DNP-CD

Upcoming games:
Thursday, September 19 at Washington (7:00 ET, Amazon Prime)

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Las Vegas Aces (25-13)
A’ja Wilson (37 games (37 starts), 34.4 mpg, 27.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, 2.6 bpg, 1.8 spg)
Wilson entered the week 10 points away from tying the WNBA single-season scoring record. It took her six minutes to tie it, and she broke the record before halftime. Wilson needed 29 points against Connecticut to become the first player to score 1,000 points in a season. She hit a pull-up jumper with 1:57 left to reach the milestone. Now, Wilson needs just three rebounds to set the single-season rebounding record. With Las Vegas just one game ahead of Seattle for the fourth seed and home-court advantage, the Aces will have to play to win both games this week. 

(Side note: The WNBA expanded the season from 35 to 40 games, but Wilson passed Diana Taurasi’s 35-game record in 34 games and will also own the scoring average record. Angel Reese holds the current single-season rebounding record, set this year, that Wilson will break. Wilson and Reese will both break the rebounding average record, but Wilson will finish behind Reese.)

Last week:
At Indiana (86-75 win): 34 minutes*, 27 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists, 2 steals
At Indiana (78-74 win): 36 minutes*, 15 points, 17 rebounds, 2 blocks, assist, steal
Vs Connecticut (84-71 win): 35 minutes*, 29 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks

Upcoming games:
Tuesday, September 17 at Seattle (10:00 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, September 19 vs Dallas (10:00 ET, League Pass)

Los Angeles Sparks (7-31)
Zia Cooke (27 games, 8.9 mpg, 3.5 ppg, 0.6 rpg, 0.6 apg)
Cooke had a nice game against the Sun, but didn’t get a chance to build on it. 

Last week:
Vs Connecticut (86-66 loss): 10 minutes, 7 points
Vs Seattle (90-82 loss): DNP-CD
At Seattle (90-87 loss): 5 minutes, 2 points

Upcoming games:
Tuesday, September 17 vs Phoenix (10:30 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, September 19 at Minnesota (8:00 ET, League Pass)

Phoenix Mercury (18-20)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (29 games (3 starts), 10.4 mpg, 2.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.4 bpg, 0.5 spg)
Phoenix is locked into the seventh seed, so the Mercury may rest some veterans ahead of the playoffs. That could mean more playing time for Herbert Harrigan.

Last week:
Vs Connecticut (88-69 loss): 11 minutes, 2 assists 
At Chicago (93-88 win): DNP-CD

Upcoming games:
Tuesday, September 17 at Los Angeles (10:30 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, September 19 vs Seattle (10:00 ET, League Pass)

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