Breanna Stewart recorded 32 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots to lead the New York Liberty to a 102-93 victory over the visiting Dallas Wings on Sunday.
Sabrina Ionescu scored 19 of her 22 points in the second half and also had six rebounds and six assists for New York (6-2), which won for the sixth time in the past seven games. Courtney Vandersloot added 15 points and 10 assists and Marine Johannes had 12 points on four 3-pointers off the bench.
Stewart made 15 of 20 field-goal attempts as the Liberty scored 100 or more points in back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history. New York also topped the mark in Friday’s 106-83 win over the Atlanta Dream.
Arike Ogunbowale had 25 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Wings (5-4), who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Satou Sabally recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds, Natasha Howard added 14 points and Kalani Brown had 10 for Dallas.
New York shot 55.7 percent from the field, including 13 of 28 from 3-point range. Betnijah Laney added 10 points for the Liberty.
The Wings made 39 percent of their shots and were 6 of 23 from behind the arc.
The Liberty outscored Dallas 34-17 in the third quarter to turn a six-point halftime deficit into a 79-68 lead. New York made 13 of 17 shot attempts in the period.
Stewart scored three straight baskets during a 9-2 run to start the second half to give the Liberty a 54-53 edge with 7:38 left in the third quarter. Later, Stewart scored two baskets in 41 seconds as New York held a 66-60 lead with 3:36 left.
Ionescu and Johannes each drained a 3-pointer during a 10-0 spurt as the Liberty increased their lead to 79-65 with 40.2 seconds left in the period.
Dallas was within eight with 6:04 remaining before Stewart scored two baskets and Ionescu drained a trey as New York stretched the score to 93-79 with 4:04 left en route to sealing the win.
Ogunbowale scored 13 first-quarter points and the Wings later ran off 12 straight points in the second quarter to hold a 39-30 lead with 4:13 left in the half. Dallas led 51-45 at the break.
–Field Level Media
