{"id":41571,"date":"2025-07-05T20:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41571\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T20:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:06:17","slug":"new-york-hosts-seattle-after-ogwumikes-24-point-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41571\/","title":{"rendered":"New York hosts Seattle after Ogwumike&#8217;s 24-point game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Seattle Storm (11-7, 8-5 Western Conference) at New York Liberty (12-5, 7-2 Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">New York; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Liberty -5.5; over\/under is 166.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">BOTTOM LINE: Seattle Storm visits the New York Liberty after Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points in the Storm&#8217;s 80-79 win over the Atlanta Dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Liberty are 7-1 in home games. New York ranks fifth in the WNBA allowing 79.8 points per game while holding opponents to 41.4% shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Storm have gone 5-4 away from home. Seattle ranks third in the WNBA scoring 37.1 points per game in the paint led by Ogwumike averaging 9.0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">New York averages 10.1 made 3-pointers per game, 2.6 more made shots than the 7.5 per game Seattle gives up. Seattle averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 fewer made shots on average than the 9.1 per game New York allows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The teams square off for the second time this season. The Storm won 89-79 in the last matchup on June 22. Ogwumike led the Storm with 26 points, and Breanna Stewart led the Liberty with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TOP PERFORMERS: Stewart is scoring 20.5 points per game and averaging 6.5 rebounds for the Liberty. Sabrina Ionescu is averaging 17.4 points and 3.6 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ogwumike is scoring 17.4 points per game and averaging 7.8 rebounds for the Storm. Erica Wheeler is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 5-5, averaging 84.7 points, 33.6 rebounds, 19.2 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 85.8 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Storm: 7-3, averaging 85.0 points, 29.8 rebounds, 21.9 assists, 9.5 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">INJURIES: Liberty: Jonquel Jones: out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Storm: Katie Lou Samuelson: out for season (knee).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 ESPN Internet Ventures. 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