Sydney Taylor hit a 3-pointer with less than a second remaining and finished with 29 points to give the Chicago Sky an 84-83 win over the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday at Wintrust Arena.
Taylor broke from the lane and curled around a screen at the top of the key to take an inbounds pass from Natasha Cloud for the catch-and-shoot winner that ended the Sky’s seven-game losing streak against the defending champions. It also gave second-year Sky coach Tyler Marsh his first win against his former team.
The Sky took a timeout and advanced the ball after A’ja Wilson, who scored 36 points, made a layup with 3.2 seconds left.
Cloud had 11 points and DiJonai Carrington 10 for the Sky (11-18), who were 0-6 in overtime and one-score games.
Jackie Young had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Aces (20-9). Wilson also had a double-double with 12 rebounds, and NaLyssa Smith added 17 points. Aces reserves contributed only five points.
The Sky were down 10 with 7½ minutes to play before taking a 79-78 lead on a basket by Elizabeth Williams with 2:25 to go. It was their first lead since 11-9.
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Young had 10 points, six rebounds and two assists as the Aces built a 20-16 lead after one quarter. She had the last two of three 3-pointers in a 9-0 run that turned an 11-9 deficit into an 18-11 lead.
Wilson had nine points in the second quarter and the Aces led 40-37 at the half.
Wilson scored 13 points in the third quarter when the Aces turned a one-point lead into a 13-point edge and took a 65-55 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Up next
Sky: vs. Phoenix Mercury on Monday.
Aces: at Atlanta Dream on Monday.