CHICAGO (AP) — Chennedy Carter scored seven of her 28 points in the first couple minutes Sunday and the Chicago Sky never trailed in their 92-77 win over the Dallas Wings.
Chicago (13-22) has a one-game lead game lead over the Atlanta Dream for the eighth and final playoff spot with five games remaining in the Sky’s regular season.
Carter, the No. 4 pick in the 2020 WNBA draft, made 10-of-17 from the field, hit her only 3-point attempt, went 7 of 9 from the free-throw line and finished with six assists. The 5-foot-9 guard returned Friday from a four-game absence due to illness and helped the Sky beat the Los Angeles Sparks 92-78 to snap their seven-game losing streak.
Dallas (9-26) has lost four games in a row following a three-game winning streak.
Isabelle Harrison made her first start of the season and finished with a season-high 21 points and nine rebounds for the Sky and Kamilla Cardoso added 11 rebounds to go with 10 points. Dana Evans scored 11, including three 3-pointers, and Michaela Onyenwere added 10 points for the Sky.
Carter scored 11 points in the first quarter, and Chicago used a 13-1 run midway through the period to blow the game open. Carter’s free throw just before the buzzer gave the Sky a 33-19 lead going into the second period.
Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings with 23 points and Natasha Howard scored 17. Satou Sabally finished with 12 points, seven assists and six rebounds.
Ogunbowale scored 16 points and combined with Satou Sabally for 28 of Dallas’ 35 first-half points.
Record-setting rookie Angel Reese did not play for Chicago after suffering a season-ending wrist injury in the Sky’s win over Los Angeles last time out. The 6-foot-3 forward set WNBA single-season records for total rebounds (446) and offensive rebounds (172) and her 26 doubles-doubles this season — including a league-record 15 in a row — are the second most in WNBA history.
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Chennedy Carter scored six of her season-high 26 points in the final 92 seconds, rookie Angel Reese recorded her 11th consecutive double-double just before being named to the All-Star roster, and the Chicago Sky beat the Atlanta Dream 85-77 on Tuesday night.
Reese scored 12 points and set a franchise record with 19 rebounds to move within one double-double of Candace Parker’s WNBA record of 12 straight. Reese is the first WNBA rookie to have 10-plus rebounds and 19-plus rebounds in a game since Teaira McCowan in 2019.
Kamilla Cardoso, Lindsay Allen, Angel Reese and Diamond DeShields of the Chicago Sky take to the court during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Dawn Staley, center, signs aurographs after a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus and Dawn Staley speak after a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Chennedy Carter runs the offense during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Jordin Canada looks to drive to the basket during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Allisha Gray and Dawn Staley embrace after a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Monica and Tasha Cobbs Leonard take a selfie after a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
A Chicago Sky fan supports her team during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Chicago Sky assistant coach Ty Young poses for a photograph with Angel Robinson after a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Leticia Amihere speaks to Dawn Staley after a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Dawn Staley appears during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Kamilla Cardoso appears during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
DJ Jazzy T appears during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
(Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Tina Charles attempts a layup during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Christina “Ms. Basketball” Glanville dances during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus hands the ball off during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Dawn Staley appears during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
DJ Jazzy T appears during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Host Bria Janelle appears second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus attempts a layup second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
(Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Tina Charles works against Angel Reese during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Angel Reese and Tina Charles jump center during the second half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Dawn Staley appears during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Dawn Staley appears during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
(Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
(Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Atlanta Dream Head Coach Tanisha Wright speaks to Nia Coffey during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Chicago Sky head coach Teresa Witherspoon exults her team during a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Tina Charles, left, blocks Kamilla Cardoso’s lay up attempt during the first half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Kamilla Cardoso drives to the basket on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Kamilla Cardoso and Nia Coffey jump it up during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
The Atlanta Dream huddle before a WNBA game against the Chicago Sky on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Allisha Gray is introduced before a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Montell Jordan performs the Star-Spangled Banner before a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Kamilla Cardoso of the Chicago Sky participates during warmups before a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Chicago Sky assistant coach Ty Young watches her team during warmups before a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky reacts during a stoppage in play during a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky reacts during a stoppage in play during a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Dawn Staley appears during a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Tina Charles grabs a rebound during the first half of a WNBA game on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Photo: Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta Voice)
Chicago trailed 75-72 before Atlanta went the final three minutes without a field goal. Diamond DeShields rattled in a 3-pointer from the corner with 2:21 left to tie it at 75-all and she added one free throw on the Sky’s next possession to take the lead for good.
Carter took over down the stretch, making a basket on three straight possessions. She converted her second straight driving layup for an 80-77 lead and then stole it at the other end, leading to a jumper from the free-throw line.
Dana Evans added 14 points and Kamilla Cardoso had eight points and 10 rebounds for Chicago (7-11).
Allisha Gray, who joins Reese on the All-Star team, scored 19, and Tina Charles had 19 points, 14 rebounds and five assists for Atlanta (7-11), which turned it over 18 times. Cheyenne Parker-Tyus and Jordin Canada each added 11 points.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley came onto the court after the game for an embrace with her former player Cardoso.
