Saturday's WNBA roundup: New York stays hot with win over Sun

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) Epiphanny Prince had 18 points and four steals and Tina Charles added 15 points and five assists to help the New York Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 80-66 on Saturday night.
The Liberty (20-8) clinched their first playoff berth since 2012 with an 81-68 home victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night.
Kiah Stokes had 12 points and 10 rebounds, Swin Cash finished with 11 points and New York outscored Connecticut 23-9 in the fourth quarter.
Cash's 3-pointer gave the Liberty a 64-61 lead with 7:15 left. New York closed the game on a 16-5 run as the Sun made just 2 of 9 field goals and committed five turnovers in the final 6:50.
The Liberty shot a season-high 55.9 percent (33 of 59) from the field.
Kelsey Bone led the Sun with 22 points and seven rebounds. Shekinna Stricklen scored 10 points.
Connecticut (12-17) lost its seventh game in a row and 16th in its last 21 after starting the season 7-1.

SKY 98, DREAM 96

ATLANTA (AP) Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points and the Chicago Sky beat the Atlanta Dream 98-96 on Saturday night.
Chicago - which qualified for the playoffs with its third win in a row - was without WNBA scoring leader Elena Delle Donne, who missed the game with a foot injury.
Atlanta led 91-90 with 1:45 to go but Erika de Souza scored off an offensive rebound, Jessica Breland hit a jumper and Courtney Vandersloot made two free throws to put Chicago up five with 36 seconds left.
Angel McCoughtry made a jumper, was fouled and made the free throw to cut it to two with 30 seconds. After a turnover, Atlanta had several good looks to tie on the next possession, but McCoughtry missed twice and the Sky held on.
Chicago (18-11) led 52-45 at the break.
McCoughtry led Atlanta (12-17) with 33 points. The Dream had won three in a row.