DeWanna Bonner followed up a season-low five points on Tuesday with a career- and Connecticut Sun-franchise-high 41 on Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. She was 5-of-7 from three and 16-of-23 from the field as the Sun (7-2) dealt the super-team Las Vegas Aces (7-1) their first loss of the season, 94-77.
A 14-2 Connecticut run that spanned from 6:05 in the first to 2:58 in the first gave the Sun a 20-8 lead. After Connecticut layups from Brionna Jones and Natisha Hiedeman, the rest of the run was a 10-2 individual run for Bonner. She hit a deep two, back-to-back threes and a mid-range shot.
The Aces opened the second quarter on a 6-0 run that cut their deficit to 26-21. Alysha Clark banked in a floater, Kelsey Plum made a pull-up triple and then Plum added a free throw at the 8:02 mark of the second. The Sun would answer with a 10-0 run and lead by double digits the rest of the contest. Bonner scored four points on this run, with twos also coming from Tyasha Harris, Tiffany Hayes and Jones. Vegas was unable to stop the run until a Chelsea Gray pull-up mid-range make at 4:09 remaining before the break.
Connecticut was able to hold a comfortable lead throughout the third and was really only threatened when a Clark reverse layup cut it to 64-54…
