UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Marina Mabrey scored a career-high 37 points and tied the WNBA single-game record with nine 3-pointers, and the expansion Toronto Tempo overcame a 16-point deficit in the second half to beat the Connecticut Sun 101-97 on Friday night.
Mabrey scored 21 of her points in the fourth quarter as the Tempo (8-8) made their big comeback. She was 9-of-12 overall from 3-point range and had four rebounds and four assists.
On June 11 against the Portland Fire, Chelsea Gray of the Las Vegas Aces also tied the league’s 3-point single-game record.
The Tempo made 19 3-pointers, tied for the second most in a regular-season game in WNBA history. Toronto’s amount trailed only the Aces, who made 22 at the Los Angeles Sparks in September, according to ESPN Research.
Temi Fagbenle shot 8-for-9 from the floor and finished with 19 points and had nine rebounds. Maria Conde also scored 19 points and had six rebounds off the bench.
Connecticut (2-15) jumped to a 50-37 halftime lead, but Toronto outscored the Sun 64-47 in the second half to pull away down the stretch and snap a three-game skid.
Reserve Kennedy Burke scored 18 points for the Sun, who have lost seven in a row. Leila Lacan and Brittney Griner had 16, while Olivia Nelson-Ododa scored 13.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
