Las Vegas Aces Chelsea Gray (12) gets the player of the game against the Phoenix Mercury at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas on Tue Jul 11, 2023 (@LVAces photo)

Aces Dismiss Mercury 98-72

By Barbara Mason

Tuesday night the Las Vegas Aces (18-2) took on the Phoenix Mercury (4-15) in front of their home crowd at Michelob ULTRA Arena the Aces rolled on the Mercury 98-72.

The first quarter was a close one with the Aces leading after the first ten minutes 26- 22. The Mercury were making their presence known but could they keep it up against the power house Aces?

We got our answer in the second quarter. Las Vegas put a real beat-down on Phoenix winning the quarter 26-12. The Aces led at the half 52-34. The Mercury could not stop the Aces offensively or defensively. Las Vegas had really cleaned up the turnovers and breezed through the first half.

After three quarters the Aces continued to extend their lead winning the third 32-23. They had a 84-57 lead after three quarters.

The Mercury did win the fourth quarter in a low scoring affair 15-14 but they were so far behind the eight ball that it was an exercise in futility. The final was 98-72 and the Aces had their eighteenth win of the season steamrolling yet another team.

Jackie Young had the high for the Aces with 23 points followed by Chelsea Gray 21 points and A’Ja Wilson with 20 points. Las Vegas had great ball protection in this game with only four turnovers as they coasted to another victory. They had led at one point in the second half by 36 points. They had this game well in hand from pretty much start to finish.

Wednesday the Aces will take on the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 PM.