Brittney Sykes poured in 26 points on 12-of-18 shooting to lead the Washington Mystics to a 93-86 victory over the visiting Seattle Storm on Tuesday night.
Reserve Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting as Washington (11-8) completed a three-game season sweep of Seattle. Tianna Hawkins added 13 points for the Mystics, who had lost four of their previous six games.
Jewell Loyd matched the WNBA single-game record with nine 3-pointers while scoring 39 points for Seattle (4-15). Kelsey Mitchell of the Indiana Fever also made nine in a game in 2019.
Loyd was 9 of 16 from 3-point range and 11 of 22 overall while scoring 30 or more points for the sixth time this season. Her record-tying 3-pointer came with 28.2 seconds left in the game.
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu recorded 12 points and 11 rebounds and Ezi Magbegor added 12 points and nine boards for the Storm, who have lost six straight games and eight of nine.
Washington shot 53.7 percent from the field, including 9 of 24 from 3-point range. The Mystics played without two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne (ankle).
Seattle shot 44.8 percent from the field and 12 of 30 from behind the arc.
Loyd scored 18 points on six treys in the final quarter as Seattle recovered from a 25-point deficit late in the third quarter to trail by just six with 3:47 left.
Loyd connected on three 3-pointers in a span of 3:12 as the Storm moved within 84-73 with 4:37 left. Then 50 seconds later, Loyd drained another one as Seattle pulled within 84-78.
But Sykes hit a jumper with 2:45 left and added a three-point play 27 seconds later as Washington led 90-81 with 2:18 remaining en route to closing it out.
Washington held an eight-point halftime advantage and grew the lead to 25 during the third quarter.
Hawkins hit a 3-pointer to start the period and Sykes added a basket to make it 52-39.
Natasha Cloud drilled a trey to end the frenzy and make it 74-49 with 1:48 left in the quarter.
Seattle scored the final five points to trail by 20 entering the fourth.
Walker-Kimbrough had 10 first-half points as the Mystics led 47-39 at the break. Loyd and Fankam Mendjiadeu had 10 apiece for the Storm.
–Field Level Media
