WNBA: Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu lead Liberty past Sparks

LOS ANGELES— Breanna Stewart had 29 points and Sabrina Ionescu scored 27 to help the New York Liberty hold off the Los Angeles Sparks 113-109 in the WNBA on Tuesday night.

Stewart made 11 of 19 shots and scored 19 points in the second half after New York (16-12) trailed 56-53 at the break. She added seven assists, four rebounds and four steals.

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Ionescu shot 9 for 16 with five 3-pointers and had 14 points in the first quarter to help the Liberty lead 36-30.

Rebekah Gardner finished with 15 points for New York and fellow reserves Han Xu and Marine Fauthoux each scored 13.

Rae Burrell had 24 points to lead Los Angeles (10-17), which has lost six straight and nine of 11. Nneka Ogwumike chipped in with 21 points and nine assists after posting four straight double-doubles.

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Burrell sank a 3-pointer to put the Sparks up 81-74, but Stewart hit a floater to finish a quarter-ending 11-4 run and the Liberty led by a point heading into the fourth.

Fauthoux hit two straight 3s for a 93-86 advantage and New York maintained a two-possession lead for almost all of the final eight minutes.