Chicago trailed 85-81 when Courtney Williams
hit a pullup jumper. Then a wide-open Copper sank a 3 with 2:16
remaining to put the visitors ahead.
Elizabeth Williams made two free throws, and Copper and Courtney
Williams each sank one as the Sky (14-21) scored the game's
final nine points to beat the Storm for the second time in six
days.
Marina Mabrey scored 16 points for Chicago, Dana Evans had 14
points and six assists off the bench and Courtney Williams
finished with 10 points and six assists.
Seattle's Jewell Loyd scored 19 points, but only two in the
second half. Sami Whitcomb also scored 19 and Ezi Magbegor had
15 points and 14 rebounds for the Storm (10-25), who went
scoreless the final 3:37 to lose their third straight and be
eliminated from playoff contention.
Loyd made a bucket to give Seattle a 40-33 lead in the second
quarter, but three Mabrey 3-pointers highlighted an 11-0 run
that put Chicago ahead by four with less than four minutes
remaining in the opening half.
The Sky led 46-42, but Loyd scored seven points, including a 3
before the first-half buzzer, as the Storm scored the final 13
of the second quarter to lead 55-46 at the break.
Magbegor opened the second half with a bucket for Seattle, which
scored six of the first eight points of the third to pad its
advantage. The Storm eventually led 64-50 with 7:16 left in the
period. However, the Sky fought back with a 14-2 spurt to make
it a 66-64 game with 2:26 left in third.
Whitcomb, though, knocked down a 3 and Loyd followed with a pair
of free throws as Seattle scored seven straight to push its
advantage to nine. It led 75-68 entering the fourth.
After Magbegor scored the first basket of the final period, a
Mabrey 3 and Copper three-point play highlighted a 7-0 run that
got the Sky within 77-75.
However, Whitcomb answered with a triple at the 7:20 mark of the
fourth before Chicago completed its comeback.
--Field Level Media
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