Jones played 12 minutes in the second half Wednesday. The Sun waived reserve guard Yvonne Anderson on Saturday to make room for her. Jones was claimed off waivers by the Indiana Fever during the 2022 offseason but was waived in April. She played 47 games over two seasons with New York and averaged 18.6 minutes, 8 points and 3.1 rebounds. Jones, 6-foot, was selected 12th overall pick (first round) by the New York Liberty in the 2020 WNBA Draft and was selected to the WNBA, ESPN and Associated Press All-Rookie Teams. No details were released per team policy. Hiedeman's three gave the Sun their largest lead (77-48) with 3:38 left in the third.Ĭonnecticut announced Wednesday morning that it has signed guard Jazmine Jones. It led by double digits the rest of the game. Reserve Joyner Holmes had a steal under the Dream basket and laid the ball in to give Connecticut a 36-26 lead with 8 minutes, 35 seconds left in the first half. Pick a season high and the Sun set it against the Dream, such as 40 field goals, 30 assists and 14 threes.Ĭonnecticut was also able to rest its starters for the entire fourth quarter. I get a bit little antsy when our percentage of attempts from the 3-point line creeps up there in our overall attempts, but we had such a good shooting night that we didn't pound the ball in the paint as much, or the ball was in the paint, and they made good reads getting it out." "A 58-point first half really set the tone throughout the night," Sun head coach Curt Miller said. The Sun finished shooting 51.9-percent, including 53.8-percent (14 of 26) from behind the arc. It made an absurd 10 of 15 threes in that half. Asia Durr had 21 points and four rebounds and Rhyne Howard, the first pick in April's draft, added 14 points, five rebounds and three steals.Ītlanta began the night as the league's only team holding opponents under 40-percent shooting from the floor (38.6).Ĭonnecticut shot 55-percent in the first half and led, 58-41.
It was the third straight loss for the Dream (7-7). Natisha Hiedeman added 18 points, Brionna Jones had 12 points and six rebounds and DiJonai Carrington scored 11. Williams had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Sun (11-4) while Jonquel Jones had 15 points and nine rebounds.