A’ja Wilson scored 11 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter, and she added 11 rebounds to lead the Aces to a 66-63 win over the Connecticut Sun in Bradenton, Florida.
Jason Orts
Nevada Preps coordinator
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Jason Orts is a born-and-raised Texan who has more than a decade of experience covering high school sports there. The last six of those came as the high school sports coordinator at the Waco Tribune-Herald, where he also covered a myriad of Baylor University sports. Orts was the sports editor of the University Star at Texas State University prior to beginning his professional career.
The Aces face a deciding Game 5 against the Sun and hope to avoid being the first No. 1 seed in the current playoff format to not reach the WNBA Finals.
Aces forward Angel McCoughtry scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter, and the Aces beat the Sun 84-75 to force Game 5 in the WNBA semifinals.
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The Aces admit they’ve been uptight in their three playoff games, and that has resulted in a 2-1 deficit against the Connecticut Sun in their WNBA semifinal series.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and its reporters took home a variety of awards this month in the Nevada Press Foundation 2020 Awards of Excellence.
The Aces were the No. 1 seed for the playoffs despite shooting by far the fewest 3-pointers in the regular season at 254. They made 93, the only team that hit fewer than 100.
A’ja Wilson finished with a career playoff-high 29 points, seven rebounds and a franchise-record seven blocked shots in an 83-75 win that tied the WNBA semifinal series.
The top-seeded Aces will look to bounce back from a lackluster 87-62 loss to the seventh-seeded Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals.
The COVID-19 pandemic sent people scrambling to make ends meet, and many of them turned to food pantries for help.
The top-seeded Aces were sluggish in an 87-62 loss to the Connecticut Sun in Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals. Jasmine Thomas led the Sun with 31 points.
The College of Southern Nevada will have basketball for the first time since 2002-03 and hopes to be successful despite setbacks caused by the pandemic.
The Aces’ Dearica Hamby was named the Sixth Woman of the Year for the second straight season, and general manager Dan Padover was selected Executive of the Year.
The Aces received a double bye into the semifinals after earning the No. 1 seed and will meet the No. 7 Connecticut Sun in a best-of-five series beginning Sunday.
The Aces will open their best-of-five WNBA semifinal series against the Connecticut Sun at 10 a.m. Sunday, a week after they ended the regular season.
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