Las Vegas Aces star Aja Wilson went off in historic trend on Sunday night time.
Wilson grew to become the primary participant in WNBA historical past to drop 30 factors and 20 rebounds in a single recreation whereas main the Aces to a slender 94-86 win over the Connecticut Solar. Wilson completed with 32 factors and matched her career-high with 20 rebounds whereas capturing 13-of-25 from the sphere within the win at Michelob Extremely Area.
The outing got here simply two days after Wilson dropped 29 factors on her twenty ninth birthday in a 90-86 win over the Seattle Storm.
The Aces got here out gradual on Sunday night time, and even fell right into a double-digit gap early within the second quarter. However they rallied simply earlier than halftime, and held the Solar scoreless for the ultimate half of the interval, to tie issues up earlier than halftime.
Las Vegas then jumped up in entrance simply minutes into the third quarter, after Chelsea Grey hit a pair of free throws, and the Aces by no means seemed again. They used an 8-0 burst close to the top of the quarter to push their lead after which led the whole remainder of the way in which to safe the eight-point win.
Marina Mabrey led the Solar with 22 factors whereas capturing 8-of-16 from the sphere. Saniya Rivers added 17 factors off the bench, and Leila Lacan completed with 13 factors. They have been the one three Connecticut gamers to hit double figures. The loss dropped the Solar to 5-25 on the season, which is the worst document within the league.
Jackie Younger added 21 factors and 6 assists within the win for the Aces to go along with Wilsons 32-point night time. Jewell Lloyd added 12 factors off the bench, too, and the staff shot simply shy of fifty% from the sphere as a bunch whereas out-rebounding the Solar by 17. The win, their sixth of their final seven video games, pushed them to 18-14 on the season.
Wilson is averaging 21.8 factors and 9.2 rebounds per recreation this season. The three-time league MVP picked up her seventh All-Star nod this season, too. Whereas the Aces are nonetheless 9 video games again from the Minnesota Lynx within the standings, Wilson is within the midst of one other dominant run whereas averaging simply shy of 30 factors per recreation over her final three contests. If she will preserve the tempo up over the past stretch, theres no purpose the Aces cant at the very least shut the hole within the standings earlier than the playoffs begin.
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