By Field Level Media
Aug 24 (Field Level Media) – The Chicago Sky were eliminated from postseason contention in their mostrecent game, but not without a fight until running out of gas.
After seeing their three-game winning streak come to a halt, the Sky (15-23)will look to get back on track Tuesday when they visit the Connecticut Sun(9-27) in Uncasville, Conn.
Natasha Cloud scored 16 points in Chicago’s 113-90 setback to the IndianaFever on Sunday. She also got into a heated verbal exchange with Enes KanterFreedom that led to the former NBA player being ejected from a courtside seat.
Azura Stevens had 14 points and rookie Aicha Coulibaly added 12 on 5-of-5shooting from the floor.
“I don’t think anybody in the locker room is ready to mail it in,” Sky headcoach Tyler Marsh said. “We all understand we got a job to do. We got anorganization and city to continue to play for. We got a lot of young playersthat still have time to continue to develop. We’re not just playing for theright now, we’re playing for the future too.”
Kamilla Cardoso, who boasts team-best averages in points (14.7) and rebounds(8.8), contributed 16 and 14, respectively, in Chicago’s 92-63 loss atConnecticut on June 22. She added 26 points in the Sky’s 94-88 victory overthe Sun on July 30.
Connecticut fell for the ninth time in its last 11 games on Saturday with a77-68 setback to the Los Angeles Sparks.
The Sparks scored 32 points in the first quarter then shifted to a defensivemindset, much to the chagrin of Connecticut head coach Rachid Meziane.
“I didn’t really like how our starting five came out tonight,” Meziane said.”We didn’t start the game with the right defensive energy. … Yeah, I was alittle surprised because the last five games we really (started well).”
Saniya Rivers had 14 points and matched a career high with four steals for theSun, who were held to 35.1% shooting but did force 25 turnovers that led to 30points.
Connecticut’s Brittney Griner has missed four consecutive contests due to aleft knee injury. She posted team-high point totals in two of the threemeetings versus Chicago.
(–Field Level Media)
