Mercury snap losing skid vs. Storm, Natasha Mack scores career-high 16 points

Natasha Mack scored a career-high 16 points without a miss and Kahleah Copper climbed the Mercury franchise points list in a win over the Storm on Wednesday.

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Jun 3, 2026, 10:36 PM Updated: Jun 5, 2026, 3:29 pm

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SEATTLE (AP) — Natasha Mack scored a career-high 16 points to go with 10 rebounds, as the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 72-68 on Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.

Mack shot the ball a perfect 7 of 7 from the field while adding three blocks and two assists.

Phoenix’s Kahleah Copper was able to sustain her season-long streak (11 games) of scoring at least 10 points, with 16 on 4-of-14 shooting and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. She moved to ninth in franchise history for points (1,420), passing Sophie Cunningham at 1,409, who played from 2019-2024.

Copper put the Mercury (3-8) ahead 61-59 with 5:37 remaining and they did not trail again.

DeWanna Bonner made a jumper, fast-break layup and free throw to extend Phoenix’s lead to 68-61 with 2:39 left.

Seattle got within one possession twice in the final 20 seconds, but Copper went 4 for 4 at the free-throw line to seal it.

Awa Fam scored 18 points and Natisha Hiedeman added 15 for Seattle (3-8), which has lost four straight games.

Monique Akoa Makani notched 12 points, and Bonner scored five of her 10 points in the final four minutes for Phoenix, which secured its first victory since beating Chicago on May 15.

Phoenix led 36-33 at halftime despite shooting just 35% from the field, including 2 of 13 from 3-point range. The Mercury went 10 of 13 from the stripe, while Seattle did not attempt a free throw.

Hiedeman scored 10 of the Storm’s 22 points in the third to help them take a 55-52 lead entering the fourth.

The teams combined to go 12 of 55 from 3-point range.

Up next for Mercury

Phoenix heads to Portland on Friday for the second of its four-game road trip.

The Mercury match up with the Fire, one of two new WNBA franchises added this season (Toronto Tempo), for the first time at 7 p.m. Watch the game on ION.