Despite the loss, rookie JJ Quinerly had a career-high 18 points and a career-best four made threes during the game.

PHOENIX (AP) — Sami Whitcomb scored 29 of her career-high 36 points in the first half, Alyssa Thomas had her 16th career triple-double and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Dallas Wings 102-72 on Monday night to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season. Whitcomb’s 29 were the most points scored by a WNBA player in any half this season.

Phoenix snapped its two-game losing streak with a 102-72 victory over Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings on Monday at PHX Arena. With Satou Sabally and Kahleah Copper sidelined, the Mercury needed someone else to pick up the scoring.