The Aces host the Los Angeles Sparks in a WNBA game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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The Aces (5-11) piddled away a potential victory by surrendering a 10-2 run to the Wings over the final 2 minutes, 43 seconds Wednesday night.
Rushia Brown, who played seven years in the WNBA, is the Aces’ player program and franchise development manager. She helps Aces players curate their personal brands away from the court.
The Aces surrendered a 3-pointer 44 seconds into their showdown with the defending WNBA champion Lynx at Mandalay Bay EventsCenter and trailed the entire game en route to an 88-73 loss.
Vickie Johnson coached the San Antonio Stars last season and was retained as an assistant by Bill Laimbeer after he took over the Aces’ franchise in October.
Former Mojave High and UNLV star Sequoia Holmes saw action in the first three games of the Aces’ recent four-game trip. Then she was cut. Again.
The Aces opened a four-game homestand Friday night with an 88-78 victory over the New York Liberty at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Bill Laimbeer and the Aces will play the New York Liberty, the team Laimbeer coached from 2013 to 2017 before leaving for Las Vegas, at 7 p.m. Friday at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Aces coach Bill Laimbeer confirmed Wednesday that third-year point guard Moriah Jefferson will practice Thursday, marking the next step in the return from a knee injury that cost her the last year of her professional career.
With the NHL Awards Wednesday night, the Golden Knights hope to take home some hardware. Now, they’re nominated for even more awards.
With the Golden Knights now in the offseason, the Statue of Liberty has switched allegiances for the Las Vegas Aces’ inaugural season, donning a no. 18 Aces jersey.
A’ja Wilson had 25 points and 15 rebounds and the Las Vegas Aces pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 87-77 on Tuesday night.
The Las Vegas Aces have already lost to Seattle twice this season, and allowed a WNBA record 17 3-pointers in their last meeting.
The Aces (3-9) went toe-to-toe, er bucket-for-bucket, with the visiting Phoenix Mercury for the better part of four quarters, but wilted in the final minutes and stumbled to a 92-80 loss at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Youth can be a exasperating quality for those who coach professional sports, and yet Laimbeer has in the Las Vegas Aces a team that strikes a similar resemblance to those of his previous WNBA stops.