Aces go for 2nd straight win this week over Tempo

ACES GAME DAY

Who: Toronto Tempo (11-27, 5-11 Eastern Conference) astatine Las Vegas Aces (26-13, 13-6 Western Conference)

Where: Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas

When: 7 p.m. Friday

TV: ION Network

Streaming: WNBA League Pass

Bottom line: Toronto takes connected the Las Vegas Aces aft Kiki Rice scored 24 points successful the Tempo’s 90-78 nonaccomplishment to the Seattle Storm.

The Aces person gone 12-7 astatine home. Las Vegas is 3rd successful the WNBA with 25.8 antiaircraft rebounds per crippled led by A’ja Wilson averaging 7.7. The Tempo are 4-14 connected the road. Toronto is 5-18 successful games decided by 10 points oregon more.

Las Vegas is shooting 48.3% from the tract this season, 1.0 percent constituent higher than the 47.3% Toronto allows to opponents. Toronto averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per crippled this season, 0.9 much makes per crippled than Las Vegas gives up.

The 2 teams lucifer up for the 3rd clip this season. The Aces defeated the Tempo 88-78 successful their past gathering connected Aug. 23. Wilson led the Aces with 27 points, and Kia Nurse led the Tempo with 19 points.

Top performers: Wilson is averaging 26 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2 blocks for the Aces. Jackie Young is averaging 20.7 points implicit the past 10 games.

Laura Juskaite is scoring 10.2 points per crippled and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Tempo. Marina Mabrey is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers implicit the past 10 games.

Last 10 games: Aces — 6-4, averaging 88.0 points, 31.8 rebounds, 20.1 assists, 6.4 steals and 4.4 blocks per crippled portion shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents person averaged 87.7 points per game. Tempo — 1-9, averaging 84.1 points, 33.2 rebounds, 19.6 assists, 6.0 steals and 3.1 blocks per crippled portion shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents person averaged 93.7 points.

Injuries: Aces — Janiah Barker: retired for play (leg), NaLyssa Smith: time to time (lower-body), Dana Evans: time to time (leg). Tempo — Aneesah Morrow: retired for play (knee), Brittney Sykes: retired for play (foot), Marina Mabrey: retired (adductor), Nyara Sabally: retired (calf).

The Associated Press created this communicative utilizing exertion provided by Data Skrive and information from Sportradar.