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Short-Handed Mystics Beat Aces 94-83 for Third Straight Win

Las Vegas falls to 7-8 after coach Becky Hammon blasted her team’s execution before a five-game road trip

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Overview

  • Rookie Sonia Citron scored 21 points and Sug Sutton added 17 to power Washington’s balanced offense
  • Mystics shot 52.4% from three-point range and outrebounded the Aces by seven despite missing leading scorer Brittney Sykes
  • A’ja Wilson led Las Vegas with 22 points, but the Aces committed 24 fouls and made just six of 23 three-point attempts
  • The loss marks Las Vegas’s third consecutive defeat and drops the Aces to 7-8 after the second game of a back-to-back
  • Becky Hammon criticized her squad’s lack of fundamentals and competitiveness ahead of a demanding five-game road swing