COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — \u2014 A’ja Wilson scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jackie Young had her second triple-double this season and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Atlanta Dream 91-85 on Wednesday night for their 12th consecutive win. <\/p>\n
The Aces (26-14) took sole possession of second in the WNBA standings, a game ahead of Atlanta (24-14) and six games behind league-leading Minnesota. <\/p>\n
Rhyne Howard and Brionna Jones led Atlanta with 19 points each.<\/p>\n
Wilson now has 35 career games scoring at least 30 points, the second most in WNBA history.<\/p>\n
Diana Taurasi holds the record with 54 career 30-point games. Wilson has 11 games with 30-plus points for the second consecutive season, one shy of the single-season record shared by Maya Moore (2014) and Jewell Loyd (2023). <\/p>\n
Young finished with 10 points, a career-high tying 11 rebounds and 10 assists. <\/p>\n
Howard hit a free throw that gave the Dream a 48-46 lead with 4:16 left in the third quarter. Wilson scored eight consecutive points \u2014 including back-to-back 3-pointers \u2014 in a 15-0 run that made it 61-48 going into the fourth and the Aces led the rest of the way. <\/p>\n
Chelsea Gray and Loyd each hit a 3-pointer in the final minute and scored 14 points apiece for Las Vegas. <\/p>\n
Wilson moved past Yolanda Griffith and Lauren Jackson into 20th in WNBA history with 2,452 career rebounds, two behind Crystal Langhorne. <\/p>\n
Allisha Gray scored 15 and Naz Hillmon grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds for Atlanta.<\/p>\n
The Aces are off until Sept. 4 when they play Minnesota \u2014 which has won three games against Las Vegas with a plus-33 margin of victory this season \u2014 in the first off three straight at T-Mobile Arena. The Dream wrap up a four-game homestand Friday against Dallas. <\/p>\n
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