WINS AND LOSSES IN THE WUBBLE -- WALZ TELECONFERENCE TODAY AT 1:30 -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

ACES WIN, LIBERTY LOSE IN WNBA ACTION

An up and down Sunday for fans of the University of Louisville women's basketball players participating in WNBA action Sunday. 

Action started with the winless New York Liberty facing Phoenix. A tough start for New York, with the shots not falling early and the Liberty digging a hole for themselves in the first half -- trailing by as many as 16 and ending first half action on the short end of a 41-27 contest. 

New York came out determined to make a contest of it, though, to start the second half and went on a 18-3 third quarter run to cut the Phoenix lead to two at 55-53 after an Amanda Zahui B three with about three minutes left in the quarter. 

Phoenix, however was able to regroup and rolled off 17 0f the next 19 points to build a 72-55 lead. In the fourth quarter, maybe the fatigue factor and most certainly poor shooting for New York proved disastrous. Phoenix dominated the final quarter 34-11 and took the contest 96-67. 

Cardinal Jazmine Jones came off the bench to log 21 minutes for the Liberty and scored three points, grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and dished pout four assists. Kylee Shook saw 14 minutes in a reserve role and produced seven points, five rebounds and had an assist. 

Shooting woes for New York, playing their first full game without Sabrina Ionescu were a key culprit in the loss -- the Liberty went just 18-73 from the floor (24.7%) and 5-35 from three-point range (14.3%) and those numbers aren't going to win a team any games. 

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In the nightcap, Angel McCoughtry and the Las Vegas Aces had strong 1st and 3rd quarters and that was enough to get by the Dallas Wings 79-70. 

A relatively quiet night for Angel, she played just 15 minutes as a starter and was good for four points, four rebounds and three assists. Her teammates had five in double figures, though, with A'ja Wilson leading the way with 19 points. 

Las Vegas jumped out to an early 9-0 lead and never trailed in the contest. 

A showdown awaits Wednesday for the Aces (2-2) on Wednesday when they take on Washington (3-1) at 5 p.m. 

WALZ TELECONFERENCE TODAY AT 1:30

Jeff Walz will update the media today at 1:30 with news on the 2020-21 University of Louisville women's basketball squad and their summer workouts. 

We'll monitor the teleconference and Jared Anderson will have a full report on it, plus a listening link, in his Tuesday column. 

Have a meaningful Monday,

paulie

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