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Evans also dished out eight assists for the Sky
(13-20), who canned 50.6 percent of their field-goal attempts
and committed just five turnovers. Marina Mabrey scored 19
points and Alanna Smith added 14 on just four shot attempts,
hitting all of them (one a 3-pointer) and going 5 of 5 at the
foul line.
Kahleah Copper chipped in 12 points and four steals for the Sky,
while Courtney Williams netted 10 points. Chicago earned an 18-1
advantage in points off turnovers and outscored Seattle 39-21
off the bench. The Sky led by as many as 31 points.
Jewell Loyd scored a game-high 26 points for the Storm, who also
got 13 from Ezi Magbegor and 10 points from Sami Whitcomb.
Seattle, which won six of its previous nine games, made only 38
percent of its field-goal tries and couldn't come up with a
defensive scheme to stop Chicago.
The Sky took the lead for good when Ruthy Hebard converted a
short bank shot with 1:55 left in the first quarter, initiating
a 10-2 spurt that ended the period. Evans canned a pair of free
throws after a flagrant foul for a 27-19 advantage at the end of
the period.
Seattle drew within 35-29 during the second quarter before
Chicago gained significant separation with a 13-3 run that
Elizabeth Williams capped with a hook shot at the 2:50 mark for
a 16-point cushion. The Sky took a 50-40 lead to intermission.
The advantage never dropped below double figures in the second
half as Chicago started with a 9-2 run that Mabrey ended with a
short jumper for a 17-point advantage, the Sky's biggest to that
point. Evans' free throws with 1.9 seconds showing enabled the
Sky to make it 77-60 after three quarters.
Chicago trails the idle Los Angeles Sparks by a game for the
last WNBA playoff position. Seattle is four games behind Los
Angeles.
--Field Level Media
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