The Sparks cruised to a 99-80 home win over the Mystics Tuesday night, setting season highs in points (99), assists (28) and field goals made (38). Los Angeles shot 53.5% from the field and 39.1% from beyond the arc.

The Sparks built a 25-point halftime lead by scoring 59 points in the first half on 21 field goals, each marking their season high for a half. In the game, Los Angeles outscored Washington 58-34 in the paint and 24-9 off turnovers.

Dearica Hamby led all scorers with 26 points on 10-of-17 shooting, matching her season high in field goals made (10). The veteran finished just three points shy of her career high and tallied four assists, six rebounds, one steal and one block.

Rickea Jackson followed with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting, adding three rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block. The second-year forward scored 11 points in the third quarter on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting from the floor. 

Ahead of her trip to Indianapolis for All-Star weekend, Kelsey Plum contributed 20 points (7-for-13 FG, 3-for-5 3PT, 3-for-3 FT), six assists and three steals.

Julie Allemand orchestrated the offense with a season-high 10 assists (just one turnover) and finished with a game-best +22 rating, while rookie Sania Feagin added a spark off the bench, notching a career-high eight points on 50.0% shooting (4-for-8 FG) in her most minutes played this season (13).

With Tuesday’s win, the Sparks are riding a two-game winning streak and have won three of their past four contests.

QUOTES OF THE NIGHT:

Head Coach Lynne Roberts

On Julie Allemand:

“Julie has been unbelievable. [Tonight], she's had…10 assists and one turnover. She's had, I think, 25 assists and two turnovers in the last three to four games. That's just ridiculous… She just calms us down… She was +22 today and scored three points. That's hard to do, right? So, her value cannot be understated.”

On dealing with adversity:

“That’s a huge emphasis of what we're trying to do. So, I'm proud of us. I'm proud of these guys for sticking with the process, because it's hard. Adversity's hard, and it challenges you, and it shows you what you're really made of, and we're not done. But I do feel like, to your point, things are starting to click.”

Kelsey Plum

On keeping the momentum past the All-Star break:

“It's great to start the break on a win, right? And I just think, obviously, people's schedule's been pretty crazy, just for everyone in the league. So resting, get your body right and then, obviously, we play Washington in Washington to start the break. So they're going to come at us differently, we know that, so just being prepared for that. But in the meantime, I think it's really good to just get mentally, physically, emotionally away, to be able to reset and come back. But just remembering how these feelings feel, you know, winning, building off of that, playing super collectively. I thought tonight was our best. I know the numbers back it up, but in terms of our pace and the way we shared the ball, the way we moved. We got great shots, we got great quality shots, so just gotta continue to do that, and defensively, like Rickea [Jackson] said, ‘Fly around, be super physical, and we want to really protect home court.’ So this is a great opportunity to start to build on that.”