| Qtr | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CONN | 22 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 70 |
 GS | 27 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 97 |
G. Williams led all scorers (15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST). A. Morrow answered with 11 for the Sun, but it wasn't enough. The game turned on a 13-0 Valkyries run. The Valkyries lived in the paint, 34 points to 20, and that was the margin. Valkyries won Q2 by 12 (8–20), the period that decided it. Field goals: Sun 39%, Valkyries 47%. From deep: Sun 33%, Valkyries 39%. Rebounds: Sun 32, Valkyries 35. Turnovers: Sun 18, Valkyries 12. Points in the paint: Sun 20, Valkyries 34.
The Valkyries sit 2nd in the Western Conference, 2 games back, winners of 4 straight, 8-2 over their last 10. The Sun sit 7th in the Eastern Conference, 16 games back, losers of 3 straight, 3-7 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.
Ashten Prechtel makes 23-foot three point jumper (Janelle Salaun assists)Score58-88Kennedy Burke makes 20-foot jumper (Olivia Nelson-Ododa assists)Score60-88Kaitlyn Chen makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot (Juste Jocyte assists)Score60-90Charlisse Leger-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2Score61-90Kaitlyn Chen makes free throw 1 of 2Score61-91Kaitlyn Chen makes free throw 2 of 2Score61-92Juste Jocyte makes 24-foot three point jumper (Janelle Salaun assists)Score61-95Hailey Van Lith makes 12-foot pullup jump shotScore63-95Gianna Kneepkens makes 13-foot pullup jump shotScore65-95Ashten Prechtel makes 1-foot layup (Juste Jocyte assists)Score65-97Hailey Van Lith makes driving layupScore67-97Hailey Van Lith makes free throw 1 of 1Score68-97Gianna Kneepkens makes free throw 1 of 2Score69-97Gianna Kneepkens makes free throw 2 of 2Score70-97Each side's next fixtures, with the date and who travels.
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