Jewell Loyd overcame a slow start to score 24 points, Ezi Magbegor had a double-double and the Seattle Storm pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat the Washington Mystics 84-75 on Sunday.
Both teams entered the game at 0-2.Seattle outscored Washington 22-11 in the fourth quarter, going on a 20-5 run with Loyd scoring eight points and Skylar Diggins-Smith and Victoria Vivians adding six.Down four with eight minutes to go, Vivians hit a 3-pointer and Loyd made two free throws to put the Storm up 69-68. Diggins-Smith scored the next four points before Loyd had Seattle’s next eight for a 79-73 lead with 2:38 to go. Vivians’ free throws pushed it to 84-73 at 1:17.
Ariel Atkins had 19 points for Washington, Karlie Samuelson had 13 and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 12. Aaliyah Edwards, picked sixth in the first round, had nine points and 11 rebounds.Washington turned 20 Seattle turnovers into 26 points, double the Storm total, but was beaten 14-6 on the offensive boards for a 21-5 deficit in second-chance points.The Storm overcame a seven-point deficit and Samuelson’s 10 points on 3-for-3 shooting from 3-point range to lead 18-15 after one quarter.
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