Former Lady Vol Rae Burrell<\/a> started for the Sparks. She led Los Angeles in scoring (20 points) and minutes (34). Burrell converted 6-of-12 field goal attempts, 3-of-5 three-point attempts and 5-of-5 free throw attempts.<\/p>\n She also recorded three rebounds, three assists and one block.<\/p>\n The former Lady Vol has led Los Angeles in scoring for three consecutive games. On Aug. 11 versus Phoenix, Burrell and Dearica Hamby led the Sparks with 19 points each.<\/p>\n Burrell also led the Sparks in scoring with 28 points at New York<\/a> on Aug. 13.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Los Angeles will next play on Tuesday against Connecticut. Tipoff between the Sparks and Sun is slated for 7 p.m. EDT. The matchup will be contested at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n Burrell played at Tennessee from 2018-22 and was selected by Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0in the first round of the 2022 WNBA draft (No. 9 overall).<\/p>\n Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 16, 2026, 8:45 a.m. ET Washington (20-14) defeated Los Angeles (12-22), 80-70, on Aug. 15 at CareFirst…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1004668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[216235,1582,276,2961,224,5337,402218,402219,402220,216316,216725,324594,220870,218014,324589,216244,278978,266813,216515,216319,216318,402221,249540,219012,216238],"class_list":["post-1004667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-sourcevols-wire","tag-sstssportscollegevolunteerslady-vols","tag-sstsnlady-vols","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagdearica-hamby","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taglos-angeles","tag-taglos-angeles-sparks","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsec-conference-womens-basketball","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtennessee-lady-volunteers-womens-basketball","tag-tagwashington","tag-tagwomens-sports","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Aug.](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/91327446007-20260816-t-020415-z-19730453-mt-1-usatoday-29594835-rtrmadp-3-wnbalosangelessparksatwash.webp\")
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