The Sparks established themselves early and led for most of the game, securing a 97-89 road win over the Aces behind a career performance from Rickea Jackson and a season-best 56.9% shooting. 

Jackson delivered a career-high 30 points, making a career-high 11 shots and converting 50% (4-for-8) from three-point range. The second-year forward also posted a season-high seven rebounds.

Forward Dearica Hamby produced 19 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals, and forward-center Azurá Stevens posted her fourth double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Guard Kelsey Plum added 13 points and matched her season high with nine assists. The veteran was perfect from the free-throw line, sinking all nine attempts.

Los Angeles’ bench combined for 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-3 from deep. The Sparks outscored the Aces 44-32 in the paint, outrebounded the home team 38-28 and led by as many as 20 points. Los Angeles matched its season high in assists (24) and shot 45.0% from beyond the arc.

Quotes of the Night:

Head Coach Lynne Roberts

On the Sparks’ explosive first quarter:

“I think that set the tone. Rickea [Jackson] hit (some) threes that made everybody feel really confident and that set the tone. Her confidence and aggressiveness, I think that everyone fed off of it, so I thought those were huge, the (3s) that she hit. Everybody played loose and aggressive, and the plan was to really move the ball. [Kelsey Plum] did a good job of that, finding other people, and they're so keyed on her. Dearica [Hamby] again almost with a triple double, seven assists, I don’t know many centers in this league getting those kinds of numbers.”

Rickea Jackson

On whether this was a statement game for her:

“I just come in [and] do my job, I feel like my teammates were just finding me. We were making the right play. I feel like we were moving the ball really well, tied our [season] high in assists, so that just goes to show when we're moving the ball, great things like this happen. All my teammates had confidence knocking it down themselves, so we were just finding each other, and it's just fun to play like that, and I feel like [when] we play like that, we’re all gonna set a statement, not just one person.”