South Carolina women's basketball in the WNBA: Week 12

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Last week in the WNBA, Destanni Henderson set a pair of career-highs, Allisha Gray set a season-high, and A’ja Wilson won the Commissioner’s Cup.

Dallas Wings (13-16)

Allisha Gray (26 games, 26 starts, 32.2 mpg, 13.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.3 spg)

Gray had an off-week shooting, but she dished out a season-high eight assists against Atlanta and still filled up the stat sheet.

Last week:

vs Washington (87-77 loss): 37 minutes*, 12 points, rebound,

at Atlanta (81-68 win): 33 minutes*, 7 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks

Tyasha Harris (28 games, 5 starts, 15.6 mpg, 4.3 ppg, 2.8 apg, 0.9 rpg)

Last week was a don’t play Ty week. This week she’ll probably play 20 minutes per game.

Last week:

vs Washington (87-77 loss): 5 minutes, 1 point

at Atlanta (81-68 win): 6 minutes, assist

Upcoming:

Tuesday at Chicago (9:00 ET, CBS Sports Network)

Thursday vs Las Vegas (8:00 ET, ESPN3)

Saturday vs Indiana (8:00 ET, NBA TV)

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Indiana Fever (5-27)

Alaina Coates (8 games, 9.4 mpg, 3.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 0.4 bpg, 93.3 FT%)

Coates’ feel-good story came to an end on June 7 when she was waived by Indiana.

Destanni Henderson (32 games, 3 starts, 15.6 mpg, 5.3 ppg, 2.3 apg, 1.6 rpg, 38.1 3P%)

Indiana finally gave in and let Henny play, and she turned in two big games. She set a career-high with four threes in the first game against Las Vegas, and then played a career-high 31 minutes in the second game, chipping in 16 points. It’s obvious she should be playing more, but Indiana is hell-bent on losing.

Last week:

vs Las Vegas (93-72 loss): 23 minutes, 12 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 

vs Las Vegas (94-69 loss): 31 minutes, 16 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds

Tiffany Mitchell (31 games, 5 starts, 15.5 mpg, 5.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.0 apg, 0.8 spg)

Mitchell has cooled off after her hot streak. She moved into the starting lineup for the second game against Las vegas, replacing injured Kelsey Mitchell, who is out for the rest of the season.

Last week:

vs Las Vegas (93-72 loss): 17 minutes, 3 points, 2 assists

vs Las Vegas (94-69 loss): 27 minutes*, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, steal

Upcoming:

Wednesday at Atlanta (7:00 ET, NBA TV)

Saturday at Dallas (8:00 ET, NBA TV)

Las Vegas Aces (22-8)

A’ja Wilson (30 games, 30 starts, 28.9 mpg, 19.3 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 2.0 bpg, 1.9 apg, 1.4 spg)

Wilson’s best game last week didn’t even count, but Las Vegas’ Commissioner’s Cup win over Chicago was an emotional win for the Aces. They followed with a pair of games at Indiana. Those easy wins weren’t good for stats because Wilson didn’t play much in the blowouts, and her eight-game streak of hitting 20 points came to an end Sunday.

Last week:

at Chicago (93-83 win)**: 33 minutes*, 17 points, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks, 2 assists, 2 steals

at Indiana (93-72 win): 23 minutes*, 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals

at Indiana (94-69 win): 21 minutes*, 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals

**Commissioner’s Cup Championship Game, does not count as an official game

Upcoming:

Tuesday at Washington (7:00 ET, Facebook)

Thursday at Dallas (8:00 ET, ESPN3)

Sunday at Seattle (3:00 ET, ABC)

Kaela Davis

Davis was signed to a hardship contract by Phoenix on July 21. She made a brief appearance against Seattle, playing two minutes and not registering a stat. Davis’ seven-day contract expired July 28 and Phoenix resigned her. She did not play in the Mercury’s win over the Sparks, and then played one stat-less minute against New York.

Phoenix is Davis’ third team of the season. Wednesday before the season began, Davis was waived by Chicago. Two days later, just hours before Chicago’s season-opener, the Sky resigned Davis to a hardship contract (Davis didn’t even show up on the league transaction list until the next day). She played 10 minutes that night against Los Angeles but was released on May 9, before Chicago’s next game. Davis was out of work for less than a week and was signed to another hardship contract by Seattle that Friday. She did not appear in a game for Seattle and was waived again on May 18.

Then on May 28, with several Storm players in health and safety protocols, the Storm resigned Davis. Davis played 18 minutes in the Storm’s blowout win over the Liberty on May 29, scoring 11 points to go with two rebounds and two steals. It would be her only game – Davis was waived June 2 to make room for returning players.

In four games this season (one each with Chicago and Seattle, and two with Phoenix), Davis is averaging 7.5 minutes, 2.8 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.5 steals. 

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