Sun fall to 8-3 on the season

Uncasville, CT (June 15, 2023)- Tonight, the Connecticut Sun (8-3) fell to the Atlanta Dream (4-5) in overtime, 92-88.

The Sun was led by Brionna Jones who tallied a double-double with a season-high 28 points and 13 rebounds, along with one assist and two steals.

Atlanta outscored Connecticut, 15-11, heading into the first media timeout of the contest. Jones and Alyssa Thomas each notched four points in the opening minutes to lead the Sun. Connecticut finished the quarter on a 17-5 run to take an eight-point advantage into the second, 28-20. Jones tallied 11 points, three rebounds and one steal to lead the Sun after ten minutes.

The Dream opened the second quarter outscoring the Sun, 10-4, to cut the lead to two, 32-30, with 6:33 remaining in the half. The Sun finished the half on a 20-8 run to take their largest lead of the contest, 50-40, into the locker room. Jones tied her season-high in scoring in the first half alone with 21 points, along with seven rebounds, one assist and one steal to lead Connecticut at the break.

The Sun gave up a quick 9-0 run to the Dream coming out of the locker room to lead by only one, 50-49, with 7:47 remaining in the quarter. The Sun were held scoreless until the 6:31 mark in the third quarter when Jones sank a mid-range jumper to make it 52-51. Each team notched 10 points the rest of the way, with the Sun taking a one-point lead into the fourth, 62-61.

After 10 lead changes in the fourth quarter, the Sun and the Dream headed into overtime knotted at 80 apiece. Thomas notched nine of her 23 points in the fourth to lead the Sun.

Atlanta outscored Connecticut, 12-8, in the overtime period to hand Connecticut their second home loss of the season, 92-88.

Atlanta was led by Allisha Gray who tallied a career-high 27 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Connecticut shot 42.9% (33-77) from the floor, while Atlanta went 51.4% (36-70) from the field on the night. Despite the loss, the Sun outscored the Dream in the paint (52-48), on second chance opportunities (17-12) and on the fast break (21-2).

Sun Notes:

• With 23 points on the night, Alyssa Thomas eclipsed 3,000 points in her career (3,011). She also moved into fourth all-time in franchise history in scoring, passing Katie Douglas.
• With two three-point field goals in the game, DeWanna Bonner moved into 14^th all-time in league history in made threes, tying Allie Quigley (510).
• With five assists on the night, Tiffany Hayes now has 700 career assists.
• The Sun scored a season-high 50 points in the first half. However, they also tied a season-low with 12 points in the third quarter.
• Alyssa Thomas (23), Brionna Jones (28) and DeWanna Bonner (20) combined for 71 of the Sun’s 88 points.

NEXT GAME: The Connecticut Sun travel to Los Angeles to take on the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday, June 18 at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.