Mercury

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 26 points and the WNBA All-Star team beat the U.S. Olympic team 93-85 on Wednesday night in the league’s All-Star Game. It wasn’t a typical All-Star Game, with the two teams playing hard on both ends of the court for the entire game. Usually there isn’t much defense played until late in the fourth quarter. The WNBA team led 75-73 midway … [Read more...] about Arike Ogunbowale leads WNBA All-Stars over USA women’s Olympic team

For the 10th time in her career, Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been named the WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week. It is the second most in Mercury history, only guard Diana Taurasi (20) has won the honor more times. Griner started the week by scoring a season-high 33 points against the Las Vegas Aces on July 7 as the Mercury defeated Vegas, 99-90 in … [Read more...] about Brittney Griner named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Epiphanny Prince scored 15 points, Katie Lou Samuelson matched her career high with 14, and the Seattle Storm beat the Phoenix Mercury 82-75 on Sunday. Jewell Loyd’s 3-pointer with 1:48 left gave the Storm (16-5) a six-point lead and Sue Bird’s running bank shot was the dagger, making it 80-72 at 43.9 seconds. Seattle goes into the Olympic break with the … [Read more...] about Epiphanny Prince scores 15 as Mercury fall to Storm on road

Brittney Griner had 29 points and 15 rebounds to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 85-77 on Friday night. Another day, another big game for BG! pic.twitter.com/sXYpBsrRET — Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) July 10, 2021 Skylar Diggins-Smith added 26 points on 8-of-13 shooting for the Mercury (9-9). They beat the top two teams in the WNBA standings in … [Read more...] about Phoenix Mercury defeat Storm, Brittney Griner records double-double

PHOENIX — Kayla McBride scored 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Phoenix Mercury 99-68 on Saturday night. Skylar Diggins-Smith had 12 points for the Mercury (7-9). Diana Taurasi added 11. Diggins-Smith picked up the one assist she needed to record the 1,000th assist of her career. Entered the 1K Assist Club pic.twitter.com/sgMJrdiF2E — Phoenix … [Read more...] about Skylar Diggins-Smith records 1,000th assist in Mercury loss to Lynx

The Phoenix Mercury trio of Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith will play for Team USA in the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas. The national team will face off against a squad of WNBA All-Stars at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino’s Michelob Ultra Arena on July 14. It’s a new format that will help send Team USA off to Tokyo prior to the 2021 Summer Olympics … [Read more...] about Mercury’s Taurasi, Griner and Diggins-Smith part of WNBA All-Star Game

The WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and sports betting operator Bally’s Corporation on Wednesday announced a 15-year partnership that begins Thursday. It’s the first gaming access contract with a professional women’s sports team, according to a press release. The contract is reportedly worth $66 million, reports Deadspin. When the team receives a sports betting license from the Arizona … [Read more...] about Phoenix Mercury, Bally’s agree to 15-year sports betting deal

It may be a long time before anyone joins Diana Taurasi in the 9,000-point club. The Phoenix Mercury star became the first WNBA player to score over 9,000 points in a triumphant return from a fractured sternum injury that sidelined her for five weeks. The next closest active player is former teammate Candice Dupree, who is more than 2,000 points behind Taurasi. All things … [Read more...] about Mercury’s Diana Taurasi could be alone at the 9,000-point club for awhile

Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury scored her 9,000th career point against the Los Angeles Sparks, becoming the first player in WNBA history to do so. The shot occurred in the second quarter and helped Phoenix spring a nine-point win, 88-79, in a game that pushed them into the WNBA playoff picture. Taurasi had been out with a fractured sternum. The 39-year old guard was … [Read more...] about Diana Taurasi scores 9,000th point, Mercury take down Sparks