Overview
- The teams meet at 7:30 p.m. EDT in Washington with Connecticut at 6-27 and Washington at 16-18.
- BetMGM lists the Mystics as six-point favorites with an over/under of 158.5.
- Connecticut seeks to halt a 13-game road skid after Washington won the last meeting 104-67 on June 8.
- Washington ranks second in the East at 38.4 points in the paint per game, led by Shakira Austin’s 9.3, against a Sun team averaging 22.9 defensive rebounds paced by Aneesah Morrow’s 4.3.
- Sonia Citron is averaging 19.0 points over her last 10 games, Marina Mabrey 15.0, Saniya Rivers 8.1 with 1.6 steals, and Austin 12.6 points with 6.6 rebounds; Georgia Amoore is out for the season with an ACL injury and the Sun list no injuries.