Seattle Storm 2-Time Wnba Champion • 2004, 2010 2018 Schedule/Results Tonight’S Matchup Home: 13-4 Road: 13-4 Overall: 26-8
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SEATTLE STORM 2-TIME WNBA CHAMPION • 2004, 2010 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TONIGHT’S MATCHUP HOME: 13-4 ROAD: 13-4 OVERALL: 26-8 Date Opponent Time/Result Record 5/8 PHOENIX ^ W 73-69 -- 5/12 at Phoenix ^ W 84-61 -- at 5/20 PHOENIX L 82-87 0-1 5/23 at Phoenix W 87-71 1-1 5/25 CHICAGO W 95-91/OT 2-1 WNBA SEMIFINALS - GAME 3 5/27 at Las Vegas W 105-98 3-1 SEATTLE STORM at PHOENIX MERCURY 5/29 WASHINGTON W 81-77 4-1 SEATTLE LEADS SERIES 2-0 5/31 LAS VEGAS W 101-74 5-1 6/2 at Dallas L 90-94 5-2 Talking Stick Resort Arena; Phoenix, Ariz. 6/7 at Los Angeles % W 88-63 6-2 Friday, Aug. 31, 2018; 7 p.m. PDT 6/10 ATLANTA L 64-67 6-3 6/12 CHICAGO W 96-85 7-3 Broadcast: ESPNews, NBA TV Simulcast; Livestream: ESPN3 6/15 CONNECTICUT W 103-92 8-3 6/19 LAS VEGAS L 77-89 8-4 PROBABLE STARTERS 6/22 INDIANA W 72-63 9-4 (Postseason Averages) 6/24 at Dallas W 97-76 10-4 ALYSHA CLARK (5-11 · 167 · Forward · 7th Season · Middle Tennessee) 6/26 at Minnesota L 79-91 10-5 GP/S 2/2 PTS 4.0 REB 5.0 AST 3.0 STL 1.5 FG% 23.1 3FG% 28.6 MIN 37.0 6/28 LOS ANGELES % W 81-72 11-5 7/1 CONNECTICUT W 84-70 12-5 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Tied career-high three three-pointers made at Phoenix on 7/31 . Had season-high 17 points along with a career-high five steals at Los Angeles on 6/7 7/3 at New York W 77-62 13-5 7/6 at Atlanta W 95-86 14-5 7/8 WASHINGTON W 97-91 15-5 32 7/10 LOS ANGELES L 75-77/OT 15-6 BREANNA STEWART (6-4 · 175 · Forward · 3rd Season · Connecticut) 7/14 DALLAS W 91-84 16-6 7/18 at Chicago W 101-83 17-6 GP/S 2/2 PTS 27.5 REB 5.5 AST 1.5 STL 1.5 FG% 47.5 3FG% 53.8 MIN 38.5 7/20 at Connecticut W 78-65 18-6 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Tallied 27 points on 10 made field goals against Phoenix in Game 2 on 7/22 at Atlanta L 74-87 18-7 8/28 . Posted playoff career-high 28 points along with seven rebounds in Game 1 against Phoenix on 8/26 7/24 at Indiana W 92-82 19-7 7/31 at Phoenix W 102-91 20-7 30 8/3 MINNESOTA W 85-75 21-7 NATASHA HOWARD (6-2 · 155 · Forward · 4th Season · Florida State) 8/6 at New York W 96-80 22-7 8/7 at Indiana W 94-79 23-7 GP/S 2/2 PTS 15.0 REB 5.0 AST 1.5 STL 0.0 FG% 45.8 3FG% 25.0 MIN 31.0 8/9 at Washington L 77-100 23-8 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Tallied playoff career-high 20 points against Phoenix in Game 1 on 8/26 8/12 at Minnesota W 81-72 24-8 . 8/17 NEW YORK W 85-77 25-8 Posted season-high nine field goals made en route to 21 points and tied career-high two three-point- 8/19 DALLAS W 84-68 26-8 6 ers made at Minnesota on 8/12 SEMIFINALS JEWELL LOYD (5-10 · 165 · Guard · 4th Season · Notre Dame) 8/26 PHOENIX % W 91-87 1-0 GP/S 2/2 PTS 18.0 REB 4.0 AST 4.5 STL 1.0 FG% 44.0 3FG% 37.5 MIN 38.0 8/28 PHOENIX % W 91-87/OT 2-0 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Posted 23 points and playoff best five assists in Game 1 against 8/31 at Phoenix 7 p.m. - Phoenix on 8/26 . Posted 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists at Minnesota on 8/12 9/2 at Phoenix #% - - . 9/4 PHOENIX #% - - 24 Scored her 2000th career point at New York on 8/6 tallying 17 points along with seven assists *All times Pacific SUE BIRD (5-10 · 150 · Guard · 16th Season · Connecticut) # If Needed GP/S 2/2 PTS 10.0 REB 3.0 AST 8.0 STL 1.5 FG% 47.8 3FG% 45.5 MIN 34.0 ^ Preseason 2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Tallied 19 points and dished out six dimes in Game 2 against Phoenix % ESPN2 on 8/28 . Posted third career postseason double-double with 10 points and 10 assists against Phoenix on MEDIA GUIDE 10 8/26 The 2018 Seattle Storm preseason and post- SEATTLE RESERVES season Media Guide can be found online and is NO. NAME POS. HT. COLLEGE EXP PPG RPG MPG available for download at 21 Jordin Canada G 5-6 UCLA R 7.0 0.5 12.5 SeattleStormBasketball.com/MediaCentral. 1 Crystal Langhorne C 6-2 Maryland 10 4.0 7.0 12.0 23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis F 5-11 Connecticut 3 1.0 1.0 6.0 STORM PR CONTACTS 3 Courtney Paris C 6-4 Oklahoma 8 0.0 2.5 3.5 Kimberly Veale 45 Noelle Quinn G 6-0 UCLA 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 Mercedes Russell C 6-6 Tennessee R 0.0 0.0 0.0 Director, Communications + Player Relations 33 Sami Whitcomb G 5-10 Washington 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 [email protected] 206-272-2706 SEATTLE ROSTER NOTES None. Seth Dahle Sr. Coordinator, Digital Communications POSTSEASON TEAM RECORDS [email protected] Record Home Road OT 2OT 206-272-2516 Overall (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) Streaks: W2 W2 - - -- REGULAR SEASON TEAM RECORDS Record Home Road OT 2OT Overall (26-8) (13-4) (13-4) (1-1) (0-0) West (12-5) (6-3) (6-2) (0-1) (0-0) East (14-3) (7-1) (7-2) (1-0) (0-0) Streaks: W3 W4 W1 L1 -- @SeattleStorm 2018 ROSTER NO PLAYER POS HT WT DOB FROM EXP 10 Sue Bird G 5-9 148 10/16/80 Connecticut 16 21 Jordin Canada G 5-6 135 8/11/95 UCLA R 32 Alysha Clark F 5-11 167 7/07/87 Middle Tennessee St. 6 6 Natasha Howard F 6-2 155 9/2/91 Florida St. 4 1 Crystal Langhorne F 6-2 180 10/27/86 Maryland 10 24 Jewell Loyd G 5-10 150 10/5/93 Notre Dame 3 23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis F 5-11 180 11/3/93 Connecticut 3 3 Courtney Paris C 6-4 250 9/21/87 Oklahoma 8 45 Noelle Quinn G 6-0 176 1/3/85 UCLA 11 2 Mercedes Russell C 6-6 7/25/95 Tennessee R 30 Breanna Stewart F 6-4 187 8/27/94 Connecticut 2 33 Sami Whitcomb G 5-10 150 7/20/88 Washington 1 BASKETBALL OPERATIONS STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum College ‘77) Breanna Stewart (Bre-ANNA Stewart) Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego ‘81) Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Kuh-lee-nuh Mo-sk-eh-duh Lewis) Assistant Coach Crystal Robinson (Southeastern Oklahoma St. ‘96) Player Development Ryan Webb (Seattle ‘07) Basketball Operations Talisa Rhea (Seattle U ‘12) PREGAME MEDIA AVAILABILITY Analytics & Video Perry Huang (Fresno Pacific ‘09) Sports Performance Emily Blurton (Alaska-Fairbanks ‘12) Per WNBA rules, the Storm will hold pregame media from 90:00 - 60:00 on Sports Performance Susan Borchardt (Stanford ‘05) the pregame countdown clock. There are preset times for the following ath- Athletic Trainer Tom Spencer (Central Washington ‘90) letes and head coach Dan Hughes, but please notify a member of the Storm Team Doctor Dr. Adam Pourcho (Michigan State) PR department if you wish to speak with an athlete not listed below. Team Doctor Dr. Jeff Cary (Colorado) 90:00 - Head Coach Dan Hughes Physical Therapist Abby Gordon (Connecticut ‘07) 90:00 - Breanna Stewart Chiropractor Dana McCracken (Hawaii-Hilo) 90:00 - Jewell Loyd Nutritionist Susan Kleiner (Hiram College ‘79) 75:00 - Jordin Canada Massage Therapist Erica Nash (Barnard College ‘99) 60:00 - Sue Bird SEATTLE’S ‘BIG 3’ BY THE NUMBERS SUE BIRD Jewell Loyd BREANNA STEWART 2,831 assists for Bird, ranking first all- 11 games with 20+ or more points this 621 points in her rookie (2016) season, third- time in the WNBA (Passed Ticha Penicheiro season. Seattle is undefeated (10-0 in reg- most in WNBA rookie history. on 9/1/17 at Washington). ular season) when Loyd scores 20 or more points, as well as 1-0 in the postseason. 22 games with 20+ this season (reg. season), 7.1 assists per game this season, a ca- setting a new franchise record (previously B. reer-high average and second in the WNBA. 67 three-pointers made this season. Loyd Stewart with 21 in 2017). has already passed her record of 54 three’s in 38.9% Bird’s career three-point field goal a season she achieved last year. 38 points on 6/28/16 vs. Atlanta, a career-high percentage, which ranks 10th in the league. single game performance and a Storm rookie 87.7 % from the stripe for her career, in- single-game record. 6,154 Bird’s career point total, ranking cluding a 14-of-14 performance on 8/30/15 seventh in the WNBA and first in Storm his- vs.