Connecticut

As the WNBA tips off the second half of its season, add expansion to the list of topics on the minds of players and the league.

Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner each scored 16 points and the Connecticut Sun eased by the Seattle Storm 93-73 to snap a two-game losing streak.

DeWanna Bonner scored 20 points to move into 10th on the WNBA scoring list, Alyssa Thomas secured her fifth career triple-double and the Connecticut Sun beat the Seattle Storm 85-79.

Purdue remained atop The AP men’s college basketball poll for a third straight week. The week also included preseason No. 1 North Carolina returning to the rankings at No. 25.

Purdue moved up three spots in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll released on Monday,

It was a big night for Chelsea Gray scoring 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title, in a 78-71 win over the Connecticut Sun and named WNBA Finals' MVP.

The WNBA playoff race is still very much undecided with just two weeks left in the regular season.

“We control our own destiny,” New York Liberty's Brondello said Monday after practice. “We are just going to take it one game at a time and see where we end up.”

LSU has moved into the top 10 of The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 13 years. Coach Kim Mulkey's Tigers climbed three places to No. 8.

Jonquel Jones led a sweep of three major WNBA awards for Connecticut, earning MVP honors hours before the Sun opened their best-of-five playoff series against Chicago.