| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CONN | 29 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 80 |
 SEA | 23 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 78 |
Connecticut Sun survived it 80–78 — a 2-point game that stayed live to the final whistle. N. Hiedeman led all scorers (20 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST). The game turned on a 7-0 Storm run. It changed hands 10 times and was tied on 6 separate occasions. The Sun lived in the paint, 50 points to 36, and that was the margin. Sun won Q1 by 6 (29–23), the period that decided it. Field goals: Sun 44%, Storm 40%. From deep: Sun 25%, Storm 26%. Rebounds: Sun 38, Storm 26. Turnovers: Sun 13, Storm 17. Points in the paint: Sun 50, Storm 36.
The Sun sit 7th in the Eastern Conference, 16 games back, losers of 3 straight, 3-7 over their last 10. The Storm sit 8th in the Western Conference, 23 games back, coming off a loss, 2-8 over their last 10.
The most recent baskets, with the running score beside each one. Basketball scores too often to list a game end to end, so this is the latest stretch of it rather than the whole.
Charlisse Leger-Walker makes 11-foot pullup jump shotScore69-67Aaliyah Edwards makes 19-foot jumper (Ashlon Jackson assists)Score71-67Ashlon Jackson makes two point shotScore73-67Natisha Hiedeman makes 29-foot three point jumper (Lexie Brown assists)Score73-70Jade Melbourne makes free throw 1 of 2Score73-71Jade Melbourne makes free throw 2 of 2Score73-72Charlisse Leger-Walker makes 8-foot driving floating jump shotScore75-72Natisha Hiedeman makes 7-foot two point shotScore75-74Jade Melbourne makes 2-foot layup (Natisha Hiedeman assists)Score75-76Mackenzie Holmes makes free throw 1 of 2Score75-77Mackenzie Holmes makes free throw 2 of 2Score75-78Aaliyah Edwards makes driving layupScore77-78Kennedy Burke makes running layup (Charlisse Leger-Walker assists)Score79-78Kennedy Burke makes free throw 1 of 1Score80-78Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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