Stefanie Dolson scored 17 points and Ariel Atkins added 15 points and five assists to help the Washington Mystics beat the Chicago Sky 74-70 on Wednesday at Wintrust Arena.
The Mystics (9-22) have won three consecutive games — including a 74-72 win over the Storm in Seattle on Monday — for the first time this season. That winning streak comes on the heels of a five-game skid.
The Sky had a 68-61 lead with 4:38 to play, but the Mystics rallied and closed the game on a 13-2 run to clinch their first three-game winning streak since last June.
After falling behind by seven, an Aaliyah Edwards putback off a miss by Brittney Sykes sparked an 11-0 run that gave the Mystics a 72-68 lead with 1:01 left.
The Sky’s Kamilla Cardoso snapped a scoring drought of nearly four minutes with a basket to make it 72-70 with 51.1 seconds to play, but the Sky (11-19) would not score again.
Rookie Angel Reese grabbed 14 boards, her 24th consecutive game with double-digit rebounds, to go with seven points on 3 of 10 shooting.
Michaela Onyenwere led the Sky with 15 points and Cardoso recorded her fifth double-double of the season, finishing with 10 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three blocks. Diamond DeShields added 12 points on 5 of 7 shooting for her first double-digit scoring effort since May 18.
The Mystics’ biggest lead of the game was 12 late in the first half. They led until Reese made a layup that gave the Sky a 56-54 lead late in the third.
Shakira Austin did not play for the Mystics due to an ankle injury suffered late in the win over the Storm.
Chennedy Carter, the Sky’s leading scorer at 17.2 points per game, did not play due to health and safety protocols.
“Sickness is always in the background, it’s not just COVID,” Sky head coach Teresa Weatherspoon said before the game. “We try to make sure we take care of everyone who feels any type of symptoms, whatever it might be. We try to make sure we take very good care of our players. Sometimes, unfortunately, in the sport that we play, things happen. We just try to make sure we do the right thing to take care of the person.”
The Chicago Tribune’s Julia Poe contributed to this report.
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