WNBA ROUNDUP
Liberty 78, Fever 75
Marissa Coleman's tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16.1 seconds left gave New York a victory over winless Indiana on Sunday. With the game tied at 75, Coleman caught the ball on the wing and made the 3 against her former team. Coleman came to New York as a free agent in the offseason. Indiana (0-8) had one last chance to tie it, but Kelsey Mitchell couldn't get a good look from behind the arc and her shot fell short. Mitchell finished with 19 points. Sugar Rodgers led New York with 16 points, all but three coming in the second half. New York (3-4) was coasting early in the fourth quarter when Rodgers hit three 3-pointers to start the period and give the Liberty a seven-point lead. Indiana (0-8) rallied, scoring 10 straight points, to take a 71-68 advantage with 2:30 left in the game. Bria Hartley then took over with seven straight points for the Liberty, the last of which made it 75-72. Victoria Vivians then answered to tie it with 33.3 seconds remaining before Coleman's shot. Indiana is off to the worst start in franchise history. The team lost its first five games in 2001 — the franchise's second season in existence. New York, which has lost its four games by a combined 16 points, led 38-36 at the end of the first half after a sluggish first 20 minutes.
Mercury 72, Aces 66
Diana Taurasi scored 25 points, Brittney Griner had 19 points, 15 rebounds and seven blocked shots and Phoenix held off Las Vegas. The Aces had a 10-1 run to close to 68-64 with about three minutes to go, but Griner had two blocked shots to give the Mercury (7-3) back-to-back defensive stops, and Taurasi hit a baseline 3-pointer to push the lead back to seven with 1:05 left. DeWanna Bonner added 14 points and seven rebounds to help the Mercury win their fifth straight. A'ja Wilson had 17 points for the Aces (1-7). Kayla McBride added 16, and Kelsey Plum had 12.
Sparks 77, Sky 59
Candace Parker scored 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting and blocked three shots to help Los Angeles beat cold-shooting Chicago. The Sparks (5-2) never trailed and went on a 17-3 run starting late in the third quarter and extending into the fourth to build to their largest lead at 69-45. Nneka Ogwumike added 16 points and eight rebounds, and Chelsea Gray scored 10 of her 15 points after the break for Los Angeles. The Sky (3-5) made 21 of 74 (28.4 percent) shots from the field and hit only one of their first 21 3-point attempts before making the last two when the game was out of reach. Cheyenne Parker had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead Chicago. The Sky have lost five of six.
Dream 67, Storm 64
Tiffany Hayes scored eight of her 23 points in the fourth quarter and Angel McCoughtry had 15 points and 10 rebounds in Atlanta's victory over Seattle. Damiris Dantas added 12 points, and Jessica Breland had six points, three steals and a season-high 14 rebounds, one shy of her career best. The Dream (4-3) have won three in a row.