GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The Connecticut Sun fell to the Chicago Sky, 83-79, on Pride Night.
• Connecticut falls to 10-4, while Chicago improves to 8-4 on the season.
• Brionna Jones finished with 20 points and five rebounds to lead the Sun.
• Emma Meesseman led the Sky with 26 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals.
• Tonight’s contest marked DeWanna Bonner’s 400^th career game played in the WNBA.
• Connecticut trailed Chicago, 17-10, after the first seven minutes of play. Natisha Hiedeman had four points and two rebounds to lead the Sun in that stretch. Emma Meesseman scored 13 of the Sky’s 17 points in the opening minutes.
• The Sun answered the Sky’s opening run with a 6-0 run of their own to close the quarter. Connecticut trailed Chicago by one after ten minutes, 17-16.
• Hiedeman and Alyssa Thomas had four points each to lead the Sun after the first quarter. Meesseman led Chicago with 13 points and three rebounds
• Connecticut took the lead over Chicago, 29-23, by the first media timeout of the second quarter. DiJonai Carrington tallied five quick points off the bench in the opening minutes of the second quarter for the Sun.
• The Sky led the Sun, 45-44, at the break. Both teams put up 28 points in the second quarter.
• Jones led Connecticut with 10 points and two rebounds in the first twenty minutes of play. Meesseman had 20 points to lead Chicago at the half.
• Both teams had 30 points in the paint in the first half. The Sun outscored the Sky in second chance points (6-0) and bench points (15-6), while the Sky had a slight edge in fast break points (4-3).
• Chicago shot 57.6% (19-33), while Connecticut shot 52.8% (19-36) in the first half of action.
• Connecticut had a 53-51 lead at the first timeout in the third, outscoring Chicago 9-6 to begin the quarter. Bonner led the Sun with seven points in that five-minute stretch.
• The Sun led 62-59 after the third quarter of action, outscoring the Sky 18-14 out of the locker room.
• Bonner had nine third-quarter points to lead Connecticut, while Rebekah Gardner finished with six points in the third to lead Chicago.
• The Sky opened the fourth on a 6-2 run to take a 65-64 lead, forcing Connecticut to call an early timeout with 8:44 left in the quarter.
• After a back and forth fourth quarter, a Bonner fade away gave the Sun a 79-78 lead with 58.2 seconds left to go in the game. However, Chicago responded with five unanswered points to take the 83-79 victory.
• Bonner finished with 18 points, two rebounds, three assists and one steal on the night.
• Thomas had 11 points, four rebounds and eight assists in 35 minutes in the contest.
• Jonquel Jones had seven points, a season-high 14 rebounds, two assists and one block in the effort.
• Connecticut outscored Chicago in the paint (48-42), on second-chance points (12-5) and in bench points (25-18).
• The Sun shot 46.1% (35-76) from the floor, while the Sky shot 50.8% (31-61) on the night.

NEXT GAME

The Connecticut Sun are back home Wednesday, June 15 to take on the Atlanta Dream at 7pm EST at Mohegan Sun Arena. The meeting will be the first regular season matchup for the Sun and Dream this season. Connecticut hosted Atlanta for an exhibition contest on May 1, defeating the Dream 94-78. The Sun went 3-0 against the Dream in the 2021 regular season and have won seven of the last ten matchups dating back to the 2018 season.