Silver Stars beat Sky to improve to 7-1
Sophia Young had 19 points to lead five San Antonio scorers in double figures as the Silver Stars improved to a league-leading 7-1 with an 84-74 victory over the Sky on Tuesday night.
Rookie forward Danielle Adams scored 16 points, Becky Hammon had 14, and Ruth Riley and Danielle Robinson added 10 each for the Silver Stars.
Epiphanny Prince scored 19 points and Sylvia Fowles had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Chicago (4-5), which has lost four of its last five. Erin Thorn added 14 points and Cathrine Kraayeveld added 10 for the Sky.
San Antonio trailed much of the game, but went ahead for good at 71-68 on Riley's 3 pointer with 3:29 left in regulation. San Antonio then made all 10 free throws in the final 1:05 to keep Chicago at bay.
The Sky led 37-34 at halftime as Sylvia Fowles scored five consecutive points in the final 1:08. The Silver Stars shot only 35 percent (12 of 34) in the first 20 minutes.
The teams were even in the third quarter before San Antonio outscored Chicago 31-18 in the fourth. Riley scored all 10 of her points and Robinson had eight in the final period.
Jia Perkins scored just six points in her first game against her former team after an offseason trade sent her to San Antonio in exchange for Michelle Snow. Perkins averaged 23.7 points in the Silver Stars' previous three games.
Snow had three rebounds in the first half to become the 12th player in WNBA history to reach 2,000 for her career. She's the seventh player with 2,800 points, 2,000 rebounds and 300 blocks.