Recap: Glow complete 3-0 sweep with 97-79 victory over Gold Rush

The win allowed Glow to finish Week Two with a perfect 3-0 record, while Gold Rush dropped to 1-2.

Forward Natasha Mack headlined five Glow scorers in double figures after scoring 13 points with 13 rebounds to secure MVP 3 honors and a game-high 611 leaderboard points. She was 6-for-11 from the field and grabbed eight offensive rebounds en route to her first Game MVP award of the season.

Guard Odyssey Sims collected MVP 2 honors in the victory after scoring 11 of her team-high 17 points in the second half while adding four assists and two steals. Guard Kierstan Bell contributed 14 points, including a 4-of-6 effort from long range, with four rebounds, while guard Sarah Ashlee Barker chipped in 12 markers with six rebounds.

Captain Rebekah Gardner pitched in 15 points with three rebounds, two assists and three steals to complete Glow’s double-digit scoring quintet.

Gold Rush was led by a game-high 20 points from guard Kia Nurse, who shot 8-of-15 from the field to claim her fourth Game MVP citation
of the season. Guard Bree Hall and forward Teana Muldrow each registered 12 points, while captain Kaitlyn Chen finished with 10 points
and six assists in the defeat.

KEY MOMENT

After battling to a 41-all stalemate at the intermission, Glow shined in the third quarter by tallying 33 points on 13-of-22 shooting from the field to claim a 74-61 lead it did not relinquish. Sims tallied 10 of her 17 points in the frame after going 5-for-5 from the field.

LEADERBOARD IMPACT

Gardner maintains the top spot on the season leaderboard with 3,035 points, while teammates Sims and Mack hold the No. 2 and No. 3 positions with 2,769 points and 2,743 points, respectively.

GLOW NOTES

• Glow becomes the 10th team in AU Pro Basketball history to win all three games in a single week, including the second instance this season … Eclipse opened the season with a perfect 3-0 record.
• Glow reaches the halfway point of the season with a 5-1 record, which matches Eclipse for the best record among the four teams.
• Glow committed just six personal fouls in the win over Gold Rush, tying the AU Pro Basketball single-game record for fewest fouls by a team … Team Russell initially set the record against Team Mitchell on January 29, 2022.
• Guard Rebekah Gardner becomes the sixth captain in league history to win their first three games as a team leader … Forward Alysha Clark also accomplished the feat after a 3-0 record with Eclipse during Week One.
• Gardner has scored in double figures in 5-of-6 games this season after collecting 15 points … She also notched her second game with 15 or more points after opening the season with a 17-point effort against Gold Rush on February 4.
• Guard Odyssey Sims extended her string of consecutive double-digit scoring efforts to 30 games in a row after pacing Glow with 17 points on Saturday … She has now scored 10 or more points in 56-of-58 career games.
• Sims closed Week Two with 1,906 leaderboard points, marking the eighth-highest single-week total in league history … Sims is responsible for three of the eight efforts, including a league-record 2,503 points during Week Two last season.
• Forward Natasha Mack has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in all six games this season … She is tied for the league lead with four double-doubles, which have come in the last five games.
• Guard Sarah Ashlee Barker has scored in double figures in five consecutive games following her 12-point effort.

GOLD RUSH NOTES

• Captain Kaitlyn Chen, who finished her first stint as a captain, posted her fifth double-digit scoring effort in six games after her 10-point effort on Saturday.
• Chen also matched her season high with six assists on Saturday night.
• Guard Kia Nurse ran her streak of consecutive double-figure scoring performances to nine in a row after netting 20 points … She has crossed the 20-point threshold four times in six games this year, which is tied for the league lead with guard Odyssey Sims.
• Guard Bree Hall reached double-digit scoring for the fourth time this season, including the second night in a row, after scoring 12 points against Glow.
• Guard Te-Hina Paopao dropped in a season-high 12 points to author her first career double-digit scoring effort.
• Forward Teana Muldrow has scored 10 or more points in 5-of-6 games, including the last three outings in a row.
• Center Kiah Stokes grabbed 10 or more rebounds for the third time in six outings this season after her 12-rebound effort against Glow.

GAME MVPS

• #1 – Kia Nurse (Gold Rush), +90 points
• #2 – Odyssey Sims (Glow), +60 points
• #3 – Natasha Mack (Glow), +30 points