Jones Gets Her Revenge

Liberty Hand Sun First Loss of The Season

NEW YORK – Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty handed her former team, the Connecticut Sun, an 81-65 loss on Saturday afternoon in the Big Apple.

Jones had only seven points, but the Liberty didn’t need much to handle the Sun.

The game was actually back and forth for the first half with both teams trading leads halfway into the third quarter. 

The Liberty pulled ahead to a 57-51 lead to close out the third. But things would fall apart in the fourth when the Sun scored only 15 points to the Liberty’s 24.

Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 

Courtney Vandersloot added 18 points and 10 rebounds. Jonquel 7 points and 3 rebounds.

For Connecticut, Tiffany Hayes had 16 points and 4 rebounds. Dewanna Bonner contributed 14 points. 

Jones and the Liberty head to Seattle on Tuesday to play the Seattle Storm.