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Kiah Stokes has a record-setting block party in Liberty win over the Sun, 64-57

Box score The New York Liberty (9-5) defeated the Connecticut Sun 64-57 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden to move into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference. The win was punctuated…

Atlanta stages late comeback to defeat Los Angeles, 76-72

Box score The Atlanta Dream (7-8) overcame a fourth quarter 11-point deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Sparks, 76-72, Thursday afternoon at the Staples Center. Both teams came into the game at the bottom of…

Fever withstand Tulsa late game rally for fifth consecutive victory, 83-80

Fever withstand Tulsa late game rally for fifth consecutive victory, 83-80

Box score Indiana (8-6) held off the second-best team in the West late in the fourth quarter to win their fifth straight game. The Tulsa Shock (10-5) fought back from a 15-point deficit and got…

Seattle Storm triumph over Western Conference rival Los Angeles Sparks, 68-61

Box score Rookies Jewell Loyd and Ramu Tokashiki led Seattle (4-12) in a win over Los Angeles 68-61 on Wednesday afternoon at KeyArena. The win snapped a five-game losing streak and was the third time this season…

Sky cruise in rout over Mystics, 85-57

Box score The Chicago Sky (9-5) defeated the Washington Mystics (6-6) 85-57 at Allstate Arena in front of 16,304 fans in the team’s second “Camp Day” game of the season. Allie Quigley scored 15 points…

Balanced effort by Liberty in victory over Stars, 84-68

Box score Four New York Liberty players scored in double digits as the team beat San Antonio, 84-68, during Camp Day Wednesday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. With the win New York improved to 3-1 against the…

Tulsa Shock fans take action in face of rumors that team may move to Dallas-Forth Worth area

Tulsa Shock fans take action in face of rumors that team may move to Dallas-Forth Worth area

Just five years after moving from Detroit, the Tulsa Shock may be relocating again according to rumors that began circulating this past week. Shock season-ticket holders have responded to the rumors, first reported by Tulsa World,…

USA defeats Canada, 82-63, to capture gold at World University Games

USA defeats Canada, 82-63, to capture gold at World University Games

Additional Quotes Box Scores Photo Gallery: Gold Medal Game Photo Gallery: Medal Ceremony With a gold medal on the line, the USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team (6-0) took a three-point lead into the…

Marissa Coleman’s career night propels Fever over Stars, 83-76

Marissa Coleman’s career night propels Fever over Stars, 83-76

The Indiana Fever (7-6) won their fourth straight game, beating San Antonio 83-76 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Friday night. Marissa Coleman paced the home team with a career-high 25 points. Other Fever players in double…

Pondexter and Delle Donne have 24 points each as Sky defeats Lynx, 90-83

Box score The Chicago Sky (7-5) defeated the Minnesota Lynx 90-83 at Allstate Arena Friday evening in front of nearly 7,000 fans to kick off a three-game home stand. The Lynx’s three-game winning streak came to…

Dishin & Swishin 7/09/15 Podcast: Mike Thibault hopes Mystics’ blend of youth and veterans will take the WNBA Eastern Conference

Dishin & Swishin 7/09/15 Podcast: Mike Thibault hopes Mystics’ blend of youth and veterans will take the WNBA Eastern Conference

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). Mike Thibault is a coach that never shied away from youth. In Connecticut,…

Liberty defeat Mystics in overtime, 79-76; Charles eclipses 3K career points

Box score The New York Liberty defeated the Washington Mystics 79-76 Thursday afternoon in an overtime contest in front of thousands of school kids at the Verizon Center. It was the first overtime game for…

Danielle Robinson leads San Antonio in win over Los Angeles, 70-63

Danielle Robinson leads San Antonio in win over Los Angeles, 70-63

The San Antonio Stars (3-8) defeated the Los Angeles Sparks (2-9) Wednesday evening at Freeman Coliseum, 70-63. The Stars broke a two-game losing streak that included a loss to the Sparks last Thursday in Los…

Kizer keeps Indiana winning, leads team in 88-65 rout of Seattle

Kizer keeps Indiana winning, leads team in 88-65 rout of Seattle

Indiana (6-6) continued a streak, winning a third straight game in taking down Seattle 88-65 Wednesday afternoon. The Storm (3-10) dropped the finale of its three-game road trip. Seattle fell behind early 17-6 in the first quarter…

Plenette Pierson helps Tulsa end road skid, top Atlanta 85-75

Plenette Pierson helps Tulsa end road skid, top Atlanta 85-75

Box Score The Tulsa Shock (9-4) snapped a three-game road losing streak with an 85-75 win at Atlanta (5-7) Tuesday night. Even without guards Skylar Diggins (out for the season with an ACL injury) and Odyssey…

NCAA women’s basketball attendance across divisions eclipses 11 million for eighth straight year

NCAA women’s basketball attendance across divisions eclipses 11 million for eighth straight year

Full list of 2014-15 attendance by school (PDF) From the NCAA: Attendance for the 2014?15 NCAA women’s basketball season eclipsed 11 million fans for the eighth straight season. In addition, there were 11,123,533 total patrons…

Leilani Mitchell rescues Phoenix in overtime, 94-91, Sparks put the West on notice

Leilani Mitchell rescues Phoenix in overtime, 94-91, Sparks put the West on notice

LOS ANGELES – Phoenix beat Los Angeles in a fierce battle that went into overtime Sunday night, 94-91. The game featured a great matchup of centers, stellar perimeter play and a showcase of Australian talent…

Social media recap: Phoenix survives Los Angeles in overtime at Staples, 94-91

Social media recap: Phoenix survives Los Angeles in overtime at Staples, 94-91

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In her own words: Kristi Toliver on breaking Lisa Leslie’s record

In her own words: Kristi Toliver on breaking Lisa Leslie’s record

Even as she was competing last month for the Slovak Republic in the 2015 EuroBasket Women competition, a tournament that qualifies teams for the Olympics, Los Angeles Sparks guard Kristi Toliver was paying rapt attention…

Kristi Toliver’s record-breaking offensive fireworks help Sparks take down Tulsa, 98-95

Kristi Toliver’s record-breaking offensive fireworks help Sparks take down Tulsa, 98-95

Social media recap || Audio of Kristi Toliver’s postgame comments LOS ANGELES – In just her third game of the season after spending time overseas competing in EuroBasket Women for the Slovak Republic, Kristi Toliver led…

Kristi Toliver sets franchise record as Sparks shock Tulsa, 98-95

Kristi Toliver sets franchise record as Sparks shock Tulsa, 98-95

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Sparks beat a feisty Tulsa Shock 98-95 with 43 points and nine assists from guard Kristi Toliver. Her point total set a francise records for points in a game,…

Chicago Sky rely on defense in fourth quarter comeback win over Connecticut, 77-74

Chicago Sky rely on defense in fourth quarter comeback win over Connecticut, 77-74

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The highest scoring team in the WNBA, the Chicago Sky, relied on their defense in holding first place Connecticut to nine points in the fourth quarter, coming back to steal a 77-74…

Notes/quotes: Los Angeles gets first win of season, beats San Antonio 86-81

Thursday night the Los Angeles Sparks earned their first win of the season beating the San Antonio Stars, 86-81, at Staples Center. The win marked the beginning of a three-game home stand for the Sparks…

Dishin & Swishin 7/02/15 Podcast: Cheryl Reeve & the Minnesota Lynx chasing third WNBA title

Dishin & Swishin 7/02/15 Podcast: Cheryl Reeve & the Minnesota Lynx chasing third WNBA title

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). As the Grateful Dead head to Chicago to celebrate their 50th anniversary this…

WNBA statistical leaders for the month of June including top rookies

WNBA statistical leaders for the month of June including top rookies

Standings East Team W L PCT GB CONF HOME ROAD L-10 STREAK Connecticut Sun 7 2 0.778 0 3-2 3-2 4-0 7-2 L 1 Washington Mystics 6 3 0.667 1 5-2 3-2 3-1 6-3 W…

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