Golden State Valkyries at New York Liberty
· Women's National Basketball AssociationCecilia Zandalasini scores 20 and the Valkyries shut down the Liberty 79-60
Golden State (28-11) improved to 3-0 against New York this season — the only team the Liberty have not beaten this season. The Valkyries held the Liberty to 70, 67 and 60 points in three games, the three lowest-scoring games of the season for New York.
New York (23-16) had scored 80-plus points in 16 straight games — the longest streak in franchise history.
Veronica Burton had a season-high 13 assists to go with eight points for Golden State, which was coming off an 89-64 victory over Connecticut on Wednesday. Tiffany Hayes had 12 points off the bench.
Jonquel Jones scored 18 points for New York, which had a six-game home winning streak halted. Breanna Stewart added 16 points on 4-of-10 shooting.
Zandalasini made four 3-pointers in the first half to help Golden State build a 42-30 lead. The Valkyries started the third quarter on an 11-6 run to go ahead by 17 points, and scored the opening six points of the fourth to go ahead 65-47.
Liberty: Host Chicago on Saturday.
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Regular Season Series
GS wins series 3-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 | ![]() |
End of Game | 79 - 60 |
| 4th 0.0 | ![]() |
End of the 4th Quarter | 79 - 60 |
| 4th 18.6 | ![]() |
Ashten Prechtel defensive rebound | 79 - 60 |
| 4th 21.6 | ![]() |
Raquel Carrera misses 23-foot three point jumper | 79 - 60 |
| 4th 34.4 | ![]() |
Ashten Prechtel makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juste Jocyte assists) | 79 - 60 |
Statistics
GS |
NY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 30-71 | FG | 19-63 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 30 |
| 13-33 | 3PT | 7-31 |
| 39 | Three Point % | 23 |
| 6-8 | FT | 15-19 |
| 75 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 1 |
| 12 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 2 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fouls | 13 |
| 19 | Largest Lead | 4 |
| 4 | Lead Changes | 4 |
| 89 | Percent Led | 10 |
Game Information
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,579 · Capacity:
2025-26 Western Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minnesota |
- | 11 | W1 | 0.75 | 33 |
Golden State |
1 | 12 | W1 | 0.72727275 | 32 |
Las Vegas |
2 | 13 | W7 | 0.70454544 | 31 |
Dallas |
6 | 17 | W1 | 0.6136364 | 27 |
Portland |
16 | 27 | W1 | 0.38636363 | 17 |
Los Angeles |
17 | 28 | L2 | 0.36363637 | 16 |
Phoenix |
17 | 28 | L1 | 0.36363637 | 16 |
Seattle |
25 | 36 | L5 | 0.18181819 | 8 |
2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlanta |
- | 14 | W5 | 0.6818182 | 30 |
Washington |
2 | 16 | W4 | 0.6363636 | 28 |
Indiana |
2 | 16 | L1 | 0.6363636 | 28 |
New York |
4 | 18 | L2 | 0.59090906 | 26 |
Chicago |
14 | 28 | L1 | 0.36363637 | 16 |
Toronto |
19 | 33 | L8 | 0.25 | 11 |
Connecticut |
19 | 33 | W1 | 0.25 | 11 |
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