Connecticut’s Aaliyah Edwards (8) goes up for the rebound during the game against the Washington Mystics during Wednesday night’s WNBA game in Uncasville. Washington handed Connecticut their sixth straight loss. (Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images)
Washington’s Sonia Citron scored a game-high 26 points, including nine points in the final 2:25, as the Mystics won for the second time in three games with a 88-81 win over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena before a crowd of 6,943 fans.
The Sun (2-14) lost for the sixth time in seven games at home and struggled down the stretch. The game was tied at 70-70 with 5:46 remaining but the Mystics closed out the game with an 18-11 run.
Connecticut continues to struggle scoring, especially in the final minutes. Leila Lacan and Aneesah Morrow each had 11 points for the Sun while Kennedy Burke and Charlisse Leger Walker scored 10 points each.
The third game in Connecticut’s six-game homestand will be on Friday against expansion Toronto beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The game was tied 70-70 on a drive to the basket by Laclan. But the Mystics (6-7) used a 6-0 run on four foul shots and a running layup from Michaela Onyenwere to take a 76-70 lead. The Sun had two tunovers and a missed shot in the Mystic run.
Connecticut cut the lead to two, 76-74, on a driving layup by Leger-Walker with 3:11 remaining. But Onyenwere, who had 22 points for Washington, hit a three-point shot 18 seconds later to extend the lead to five.
The Sun missed their next two shots and had a turnover as the Mystics extended their lead to 10 points, 84-74.
Connecticut is ranked No. 14 out of 15 teams in scoring, averaging 78.1 points per game and is the worst three-point shooting team in the league at 26.4 percent. The Sun were 4-of-20 from three-point range on Wednesday night.
The Sun have lost six straight games since beating Los Angeles in Hartford on May 30. The squad lost a franchise record 10 straight a year ago.
