Dominique Allen and Georgia Jones lead Manchester Mystics up to fourth in the WBBL Championship.
WBBL Championship
Oaklands Wolves 47 – 76 Manchester Mystics (13-23, 25-39, 36-60)
Manchester Mystics climbed into the top four in the WBBL Championship table after beating Oaklands Wolves 76-47 on the road.
It is a third straight win for Mystics, all away from home, and they have now won all four WBBL meetings with the Wolves, who remain outside the Play-offs in ninth.
Leading scorers – Vasquaz 13, Harrison 12, Freeman 6 (Wolves); Allen 22, Jones 21 Thomas-Johnson 13 (Mystics)
Turning point – Mystics scored the last nine points of the first quarter to take a double-digit lead as Lauren Thomas-Johnson hit a three-pointer and Georgia Jones scored on the buzzer. The game was settled when Jones scored 10 points in an 18-5 surge to open the third quarter and make the score 57-30.
Key stat – Mystics’ defence set the tone, forcing an extraordinary number of missed shots as Wolves shot just 22% from the field (15/67), while Mystics also forced a huge 21 turnovers.
Game hero(es) – Georgia Jones took over the scoring to put the game beyond the hosts in the third period, and she went on to score 21 points, adding eight assists and five rebounds. But Dominique Allen led the scoring, with 22 on 60% shooting to go with eight rebounds.