The Chicago Sky were defeated by the New York Liberty on Tuesday, June 4 at Wintrust Arena. With the loss, the Sky fell to 3-5 on the season, 1-3 at home, 1-3 against Eastern Conference opponents, and 0-2 in Commissioner’s Cup play. The Sky are also now 35-33 against the Liberty all time.
Reserve guard Chennedy Carter led the Sky in scoring for the second straight game, recording 16 points. She has scored in double figures in seven straight games, including a season-high 19 against Indiana. Angel Reese recorded the second double-double of her career tonight, posting 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The Sky went down by as many as 17 points in the first half but battled back to take the lead in the second half before eventually falling to New York. Marina Mabrey scored 15 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists to pace the Sky, while Elizabeth Williams rounded out the team’s double-figure scorers with 10 points and eight rebounds.
Chicago Sky fell to the Indiana Fever in the first Commissioner’s Cup game of the season
The Liberty shot 57.9% from the field (11 of 19) and 60.0% from three (6 of 10) in the first quarter while the Sky shot 30.0% (6 of 20) from the floor and 0.0% (0 of 2) from deep.
Williams passed Taj McWilliams-Franklin for sole possession for 10th on the WNBA’s all-time blocks list with 444 blocks after Tuesday’s game. She is 61 blocks away from tying Ruth Riley for ninth on the all-time list.
Kamilla Cardoso made her Chicago Sky home debut, recording one point and five rebounds off the bench
New York center/forward Breanna Stewart led the Liberty in scoring with a season-high 33 points and 14 rebounds, good for a double-double. She made 56.0% (14 of 25) of her shots from the field in the game.
Stewart’s 30/10 game is the 14th of her career, which is second only to Tina Charles (15) all time (Across the Timeline).
Sabrina Ionescu matched her season high with 24 points while making 40.0% (4 of 10) of her three-point attempts. She added seven rebounds and four assists. Jonquel Jones stuffed the stat sheet with five points, 12 rebounds and four assists while Betnijah Laney-Hamilton scored 14 points, five assists and three rebounds.
Ionescu has now made at least one three-pointer in each of her last 35 regular season games, tying Shameka Christon for the longest such streak in Liberty franchise history (Liberty PR).
The Sky take on the Washington Mystics inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 6 at 6:00 p.m. CT. Following their Tuesday night 76-59 loss to the Connecticut Sun, the Mystics are 0-9 on the season, tied for the sixth-worst start in WNBA history. The Sky are 14-30 against the Mystics all time after going 0-4 against them last season.
The game is the Sky’s third and the Mystics’ second in Commissioner’s Cup play. Neither team has won a game in the in-season competition.
Ariel Atkins leads the Mystics in scoring, averaging 13.2 points, 4.1 rebounds per game, 3.2 assists, and 1.9 through Washington’s first nine games. Shakira Austin is averaging 11.7 points and 6.8 rebounds for Washington, while 2024 No. 6 overall pick Aaliyah Edwards is averaging 7.3 points and 4.8 rebounds. Rookie Julie Vanloo averages 8.0 points and 5.6 assists.
The game against Washington will be available on Prime Video and will be available locally on WMEU-TV and Marquee Plus.
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Chicago Sky media relations contributed to this recap
