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Angel Reese's 4-word message to ex-LSU teammate after breakout game
The post Angel Reese's 4-word message to ex-LSU teammate after breakout game appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Chicago Sky have a bright future with Angel Reese leading the way. Chicago only has three wins on the 2025 season, in part due to Courtney Vandersloot's season-ending injury. Reese went out of her way to praise one of her former college teammates who had a career game on Wednesday. Advertisement Angel Reese was thrilled to see her former LSU teammate Aneesah Morrow have a breakout game against the Mercury on Wednesday night. 'PRETTY GRITTY😍 GO NEES!,' Reese posted on social media along with a post about Morrow's performance. Morrow logged 16 points, nine rebounds, and three steals in her best game of her young WNBA career. Morrow expressed excitement that all of her hard work is finally showing up on the court. 'I've been working my ass off, I'm not gonna lie,' Morrow said during an on-court interview after the game. 'I come in and I work, and I work, and you get to see it. When I'm given the opportunity it shows, for sure.' Advertisement Morrow added that she is staying 'as confident as [she] can' and has faith that the work she's put in will continue to pay off. The Sky got their third win of the season against the Sun on Sunday. Reese will have to wait until August 13th before she gets to play against Morrow and the Sun again. WNBA legend Tina Charles praises Angel Reese's 'relentless' mindset Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Angel Reese certainly has a bright future in the WNBA. So much so that one of the W's legendary players sees a little bit of herself in Reese. Connecticut Sun veteran Tina Charles said in a recent interview that Reese reminds her of her younger self. She admits that they are very different players, but sees one common trait between the two. Advertisement 'We're very different players, but I think just that relentless side of her rebounding,' Charles said per Emily Adams of the Hartford Courant. 'When I was that young, I was very relentless on the boards. I could use my athleticism and my youth to just create shots for myself, and that's one thing that I do see in Angel.' Charles made the comments after Chicago's 78-66 win against Connecticut, which featured some intense moments between the two passionate players. In that game, Reese finished with 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists, her first career triple-double. Next up for the Sky is a home game against the Mercury on Saturday afternoon. Related: Sky's Angel Reese courts Chicago with a game-changing gift
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Paige Bueckers scores 21 in return to Connecticut as Wings beat Sun
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers had 21 points and seven assists in the former UConn star's return to Connecticut, fellow rookie Aziaha James scored all of her season-high 17 points in the second half, and the Dallas Wings beat the Connecticut Sun 86-83 on Friday night. NaLyssa Smith scored 12 points and Li Yueru added 11 points and nine rebounds, both season highs, for the Wings. Advertisement The game featured 12 lead changes and 10 ties, the last of which came when the Sun's Aneesah Morrow scored in the lane to make it 62-62 with 1:18 left in the third quarter. James answered 26 seconds later with a floater that gave Dallas the lead for good. Morrow made a driving layup that trimmed Connecticut's deficit to 76-73 with three minutes to play, but Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer and then made two free throws before DiJonai Carrington made a layup with 45.8 seconds left that gave the Wings a 83-76 lead. DREAM 92, MYSTICS 91 COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Allisha Gray scored 18 points to lead all five Washington starters in double figures and Mystics beat Atlanta. Advertisement Brionna Jones scored 14 points for Atlanta (9-4) and Rhyne Howard had 13 points and six assists. Jordin Canada added 11 points and Brittney Griner scored 10. Emily Engstler made a basket in the lane with 31.7 seconds remaining and, after Jones missed a layup, Brittney Sykes was fouled on a 3-point shot with 0.1 seconds left but missed the second of three free throws. Sykes — who went into the game shooting 80% on 9.5 foul shots per game, most in the WNBA — finished 10 of 11 from the free-throw line. Shakira Austin made 13 of 17 from the field and finished with a career-high 28 points and 10 rebounds for Washington (5-8). Sykes had 21 points and eight assists and Sonia Citron scored 17.
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Paige Bueckers scores 21 points in return to Connecticut as Wings beat Sun 86-83
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers had 21 points and seven assists in the former UConn star's return to Connecticut, fellow rookie Aziaha James scored all of her season-high 17 points in the second half, and the Dallas Wings beat the Connecticut Sun 86-83 on Friday night. NaLyssa Smith scored 12 points and Li Yueru added 11 points and nine rebounds, both season highs, for the Wings. The game featured 12 lead changes and 10 ties, the last of which came when the Sun's Aneesah Morrow scored in the lane to make it 62-62 with 1:18 left in the third quarter. James answered 26 seconds later with a floater that gave Dallas the lead for good. Morrow made a driving layup that trimmed Connecticut's deficit to 76-73 with three minutes to play, but Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer and then made two free throws before DiJonai Carrington made a layup with 45.8 seconds left that gave the Wings a 83-76 lead. The Wings shot just 36% (11 of 31) in the second half but made 21 of 26 (81%) from the free-throw line, where Connecticut made 12 of 15. The Sun (2-11) have lost five straight. Dallas (3-11), which won its first home game of the season and snapped a seven-game skid Tuesday with an 80-71 victory over Golden State, won back-to-back games for the first time this season. The Wings beat Connecticut 109-87 on May 27, the Wings' first win of the season. Up next The Sun kick off a four-game road trip Sunday at Golden State. The Wings play Sunday at Washington. ___ AP WNBA:
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Angel Reese Had Four Words for Former LSU Teammate on Wednesday
Angel Reese Had Four Words for Former LSU Teammate on Wednesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Aneesah Morrow is one of the most promising rookies in the WNBA this season. The 6-foot-1 forward, who was taken with the No. 7 pick in this year's draft by the Connecticut Sun, put up big numbers in four NCAA seasons. Advertisement She has gotten little playing time and has struggled so far in the pros. But on Wednesday, she started to display some of the potential that people have seen in her. Against the Phoenix Mercury, she played 23 minutes and scored 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, to go along with nine rebounds and three steals. Although the Sun lost, 83-75, it was an auspicious outing for her. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese, Morrow's former teammate at LSU, gave Morrow some props in a post on X. "PRETTY GRITTY😍 GO NEES!" the caption read. Morrow, who is a native of Chicago, played her first two seasons of college basketball at DePaul, which is located in the Windy City. She transferred to LSU for the 2023-24 season, which allowed her to team up with Reese. Advertisement The Tigers were coming off winning the women's NCAA championship in 2023 over Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes. In 2024, Morrow and Reese took them to the Elite Eight round, where Clark and crew got their revenge over the Tigers. This past season, after Reese was drafted by the Sky, Morrow and LSU lost again in the Elite Eight, this time to UCLA. LSU Lady Tigers guard Aneesah Morrow (24) brings the ball up court against the Florida Gators during the first halfJim Dedmon-Imagn Images Morrow finished her college career with averages of 20.5 points and 12.3 rebounds a game. She led the nation in rebounding twice and earned First-team All-SEC honors twice, as well as one selection to the SEC All-Defensive Team. Related: Caitlin Clark Had Two Words After Physical Indiana Fever Game Against Connecticut Sun This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
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Caitlin Clark's Interaction With Official Results in Technical Foul
Caitlin Clark's Interaction With Official Results in Technical Foul originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The WNBA Commissioner's Cup game between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night had the intensity of a playoff game with a spot in the Commissioner's Cup final potentially on the line. Advertisement A win for Indiana, combined with a win by the New York Liberty over the Atlanta Dream, would give Caitlin Clark and the Fever the top spot in the East and a place in the final versus the winner of the West — a game with a $500,000 prize pool. The chippy game included several intense confrontations between Clark and players on the Sun, including Jacy Sheldon and Marina Mabrey. Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22)Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images However, it was an incident involving Sun rookie Aneesah Morrow that led Clark to challenge the officiating crew. In the second quarter, Morrow was assessed a technical foul after she bounced the ball high in frustration after a whistle against Connecticut. Advertisement Originally, the official did not see the infraction, but Clark pointed it out, according to Indy Star reporter Chloe Peterson, who was covering the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. It is no surprise that Clark was familiar with the intricacies of what constitutes a technical foul by the book. She picked up six in her rookie season, one short of the number that would prompt a one-game suspension from the WNBA. Heading into 2025, she vowed to commit no more than two, but after the game against the Sun, she is already on thin ice when it comes to that ambitious goal. The 23-year-old guard was assessed her second technical foul of the season in the third quarter for her role in an altercation that led to Mabrey earning a technical foul for knocking the Fever star to the floor. Sheldon was also assessed a flagrant 1 foul. Advertisement Related: Caitlin Clark's Dad Calls Out WNBA Officials Without Hesitation Related: Caitlin Clark Makes Clear Statement on Stephanie White, Aliyah Boston Move This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
