Valkyries Set Franchise File With 16 3-Pointers, Include Paige Bueckers in Win Over Wings

Veronica Burton scored a game-high 25 factors and dished out a game-best 13 assists within the Valkyries’ 90-81 win over the Wings in Dallas on Sunday. The Valkyries led by as many as 19 factors within the win and set a franchise document with 16 made 3-pointers. Iliana Rupert set a career-high with 5 made threes and Kate Martin’s fourth 3-pointer of the sport gave Golden State their new milestone. Golden State set a defensive tone towards rookie All-Star Paige Bueckers, changing into the primary crew to carry her to single digits this season — she completed with 9 factors on 3-for-12 capturing.

STELLAR START FOR THE VALKYRIES 
Despite having simply eight wholesome gamers and having performed simply two days prior, the short-handed Valkyries began sturdy on Sunday, scoring the sport’s first seven factors and leaping out to a 12-2 lead. All 5 Valkyries starters scored throughout the sport’s first 5 minutes and so they compelled the Wings to overlook their first eight subject objective makes an attempt. Golden State led by as many as 14 factors within the first quarter and led by double digits by quarter’s finish. 

DALLAS TAKES LEAD DESPITE SCORELESS HALF FROM BUECKERS
The Valkyries held Paige Bueckers scoreless within the first half for the primary time this season, however that did not forestall Dallas from overcoming a 14-point deficit to take a two-point halftime lead. The Wings doubled up the Valkyries 26-13 within the second quarter, with two Dallas reserves — Myisha Hines-Allen (9) and Amy Okonkwo (8) — outscoring Golden State by themselves within the body. 

RUPERT’S CAREER-HIGH FIVE 3-POINTERS
Iliana Rupert set a brand new career-high with 5 made 3-pointers. Two of her threes got here throughout a 12-2 third-quarter run that helped the Valkyries regain the lead. Rupert tied a career-high with 17 factors and shot 5-for-7 from deep. 

BURTON’S FOURTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Veronica Burton tallied her fourth double-double of the season with 25 factors and 13 assists — she accounted for 62 factors from her factors scored and help factors created. Only Phoenix Mercury guard Alyssa Thomas (12) and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (5) have extra point-assist double-doubles and no participant has extra video games with not less than 20 factors and 10 assists (2). Burton has had not less than eight assists in three straight video games and dedicated simply 4 whole turnovers over that span. Entering Sunday’s sport, she ranked sixth within the league in assists per sport. 

CHARLES’ FIRST START
Kaila Charles earned her first begin for the Valkyries towards her former crew and she or he utterly seized the second. Charles scored seven of the Valkyries’ first 17 factors and was their main scorer by halftime. She ended the sport with 16 factors, marking her highest-scoring sport as a Valkyrie and tying her career-high.