MINNEAPOLIS — — Breanna Stewart scored 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Courtney Vandersloot reached 4,000 points for her career and the New York Liberty coasted to a 111-76 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday night.
Despite not playing in the fourth quarter, Stewart became the sixth WNBA player to score at least 35 points four times in a season. Seattle’s Jewell Loyd also has four this season, the only time two players accomplished the feat in the same season. Stewart scored the most points by a player playing less than 27 minutes, the previous best was Seattle’s Lauren Jackson with 36 points in a 2006 game.
Sabrina Ionescu scored 19 points for the Liberty (27-7), hitting three 3-pointers to move into second on the single season WNBA list with 114. Diana Taurasi had 121 for Phoenix in 2006 and Kelsey Plum had 113 last season for Las Vegas. Vandersloot and Betnijah Laney both had 15 points.
Diamond Miller scored 18 points for the Lynx (17-18) and Aerial Powers had 15.