New York Liberty at Chicago Sky

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New York Liberty

5-11, 2-5 Away

Final
94 - 97

Chicago Sky

6-10, 4-5 Home

Charles leads Liberty over Sky 97-94 in OT

Charles' basket made it 95-94 and Shavonte Zellous added a pair of free throws with less than a second left.

The Liberty (5-11) opened the overtime period with a 9-2 run to lead 93-86. The Sky (6-10) rallied with eight straight points to briefly take the lead on Courtney Vandersloot's pair of free throws with 34.3 seconds left.

Vandersloot scored on a hard-driving scoop layup to give Chicago an 84-82 lead with 47.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Charles tied it less than four seconds later with a hook shot from the middle of the lane. Both teams had a chance to go ahead in their final possessions of regulation but missed and sent it to overtime.

Charles had 28 points to lead New York.

Allie Quigley was one point short of her career high with 28 points for Chicago. Vandersloot added 20.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Recent Plays

5th 0.0	End of Game	97 - 94
5th 0.0	End of the 1st Overtime	97 - 94
5th 0.0	Chicago offensive team rebound	97 - 94
5th 0.0	Allie Quigley misses 19-foot three point jumper	97 - 94
5th 0.8	Shavonte Zellous makes free throw 2 of 2	97 - 94

Statistics

NY		CHI
31-72	FG	31-74
43	Field Goal %	42
6-19	3PT	12-30
32	Three Point %	40
29-37	FT	20-23
78	Free Throw %	87
40	Rebounds	35
11	Offensive Rebounds	6
29	Defensive Rebounds	29
23	Assists	23
11	Steals	6
1	Blocks	4
13	Turnovers	16
0	Team Turnovers	0
13	Total Turnovers	16
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	2
11	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	17
6	Fast Break Points	7
38	Points in Paint	22
23	Fouls	32
9	Largest Lead	6

Game Information

Wintrust Arena

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 5,382 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	-	12	W2	0.6363636	21
Indiana	-	12	W2	0.6363636	21
New York	1	14	W1	0.6	21
Washington	1.5	13	L1	0.59375	19
Chicago	9.5	22	L3	0.3529412	12
Toronto	11	23	L10	0.3030303	10
Connecticut	12.5	24	L1	0.25	8

Full Standings

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