Sparks Can't Keep Pace With Angel Reese And Dream In Loss

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Angel Reese had 23 points and 13 rebounds for her WNBA-leading 16th double-double of nan season, Allisha Gray added 20 points, and nan Atlanta Dream hit nan Sparks 101-92 connected Monday night.

Gray made Atlanta’s first section extremity of nan 4th fourth pinch 4:07 remaining to necktie it astatine 87. Then, Reese sewage a friends rotation connected her 3rd made three-pointer of nan play to make it 90-87 and she added 2 free throws connected nan adjacent possession for a five-point lead. Jordin Canada capped nan 9-0 tally for a 94-87 lead.

Canada vanished pinch 16 points and Rhyne Howard added 11 for Atlanta (14-10), which had mislaid six of its past 7 games. Reese, who missed Saturday’s crippled against Portland, was 7 of 11 from nan section and made each 8 of her free throws successful 32 minutes.

Erica Wheeler scored 20 points, Nneka Ogwumike added 19 and Rae Burrell 18 for nan Sparks (10-12). Cameron Brink (left ankle) missed her eighth consecutive crippled and Kelsey Plum (lower near leg) missed her sixth straight.

Up adjacent for Sparks: astatine Minnesota connected Wednesday.