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Thomas also added seven rebounds, six steals
and four assists for the Sun (11-1), who are 2-0 since falling
at home to New York on Saturday. DeWanna Bonner added 16 points
and Tyasha Harris 13 as Connecticut forced the Sky into 19
turnovers.
Chicago (4-7) battled back from a 13-point hole in the fourth
quarter to get within four on Diamond DeShields' 3-pointer with
28.2 seconds remaining.
However, the Sky, who got a season-high 20 points to go with 10
boards from rookie Angel Reese, couldn't get closer. Kamilla
Cardoso, Marina Mabrey and Chennedy Carter each scored 10 for
the Sky, who shot 48.3 percent but fell to 1-5 at home.
The Sun led 60-55 at the end of the third quarter, and then
scored the first eight points of the fourth. Four different
players scored during that surge, highlighted by easy buckets
from Bonner and Thomas.
Connecticut, 4-0 on the road, led 40-38 at the half, then scored
seven of the first nine points to open the third quarter.
Later in the period, a 3-pointer from DiJonai Carrington put the
Sun ahead 54-59. However, back-to-back buckets from Carter and
Reese made it a one-point contest.
Harris then knocked down a trey of her own to give the Sun some
breathing room.
A 12-2 first-quarter surge, paced by four points apiece by the
newly-named Olympian Thomas and Jones, helped the Sun erase a
4-0 hole. A bucket by Bonner gave Connecticut a 16-8 lead with
5:17 left in the first quarter.
However, six straight points from Carter highlighted a 14-2 run
that put Chicago ahead by four before. The Sky led by two after
the first 10 minutes.
After Reese's layup off a Sun turnover tied it at 34-34 with
roughly three minutes to play in the first half, Jones scored
the game's next four points.
Connecticut shot 40.6 percent, committed 10 turnovers and
allowed Chicago to make 46.7 percent of its shots in the first
half, but held a 6-2 advantage on the offensive glass to lead by
a pair at the break.
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