A’ja Wilson made a layup with 15.1 seconds left Wednesday morning and two free throws on the ensuing possession to lift the Aces to a 74-71 victory over the Indiana Fever.
Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
Colson leads the Aces onto the court with a variety of “Lady Aces” chants that typically include a rhythmic clap coupled with an empowering, enthusiastic march.
The Gonzaga product was drafted No. 9 overall by the Wizards, thus becoming the first Japanese-born player selected in the first round of the NBA draft.
Davis, a Canyon Springs graduate, logged nine minutes for the Denver Nuggets and recorded an assist and two steals.
Kayla McBride scored 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting and made a season-high five 3-pointers, and Liz Cambage added a season-high 21 points to go with 11 rebounds.
The Aces moved past the postponement of Friday night’s game and embarked Saturday on three-game, eight-day road trip that coincides with NBA Summer League — an 11-day event that several players had hoped to be a part of.
Anfernee Simons was on the 36th floor of his hotel room Friday night when the earth began to move.
An earthquake forced the postponement of the Aces’ game against the Washington Mystics on Friday night.
Kelly Raimon, who played pro basketball for nine years in the WNBA and pro volleyball for six years on the AVP Tour, is in her second year as an assistant coach with the Aces under Bill Laimbeer.
A’ja Wilson scored eight of her 16 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday afternoon to power the Aces to an 90-82 win over the Chicago Sky at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Aces forward A’ja Wilson on Monday was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week.
The Aces committed 19 turnovers Thursday night and stumbled to a sloppy 86-74 road loss to the Los Angeles Sparks at Staples Center.
The Aces turned in their worst offensive performance of the season Tuesday but still defeated the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm, 60-56.
A’ja Wilson scored the go-ahead layup with 46.4 seconds left as the Aces defeated the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm 60-56 on Tuesday at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Wilson is finding her groove offensively, and submitted last week her best two individual performances of the season — a 28-point outburst against the Washington Mystics and a 20-point game against the Dallas Wings — to garner Western Conference Player of the Week honors.