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Golden State Valkyries at New York Liberty

Golden State Valkyries     79
New York Liberty           60

Status: Final

Line score

             1    2    3    4     T
Valkyries   21   21   17   20    79
Liberty     19   11   17   13    60

Last 5 scoring plays

Q4 34.4    GS    79- 60  Ashten Prechtel makes 23-foot three point
                         jumper (Juste Jocyte assists)
Q4 41.7    NY    76- 60  Marine Fauthoux makes free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:13    GS    76- 59  Kiah Stokes makes layup (Veronica Burton
                         assists)
Q4 3:37    NY    74- 59  Jonquel Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper
                         (Rebekah Gardner assists)
Q4 4:10    NY    74- 56  Breanna Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2

Top performers

New York Liberty

Points             Jonquel Jones          18
Assists            Sabrina Ionescu        4
Rebounds           Jonquel Jones          7

Golden State Valkyries

Points             Cecilia Zandalasini    20
Assists            Veronica Burton        13
Rebounds           Kiah Stokes            9

Headline

Cecilia Zandalasini scores 20 and the Valkyries shut down the Liberty 79-60

NEW YORK -- Cecilia Zandalasini scored 14 of her 20 points in the first half, Gabby Williams added 16 points and the Golden State Valkyries beat the New York Liberty 79-60 on Thursday night.

Golden State (28-11) improved to 3-0 against New York this season the only team the Liberty have not beaten this season. The Valkyries held the Liberty to 70, 67 and 60 points in three games, the three lowest-scoring games of the season for New York.

New York (23-16) had scored 80-plus points in 16 straight games the longest streak in franchise history.

Veronica Burton had a season-high 13 assists to go with eight points for Golden State, which was coming off an 89-64 victory over Connecticut on Wednesday. Tiffany Hayes had 12 points off the bench.

Jonquel Jones scored 18 points for New York, which had a six-game home winning streak halted. Breanna Stewart added 16 points on 4-of-10 shooting.

Zandalasini made four 3-pointers in the first half to help Golden State build a 42-30 lead. The Valkyries started the third quarter on an 11-6 run to go ahead by 17 points, and scored the opening six points of the fourth to go ahead 65-47.

Up next

Valkyries: At Portland on Sunday.

Liberty: Host Chicago on Saturday.

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