Top Storm Takeaways From Seattle’s Road Loss To The Connecticut Sun, July 9th, 2025
By Jess Amato, edited by Charles Hamaker
Uncasville, CT - On Wednesday morning, July 9th, our Seattle Storm finished out their East coast road trip, where they took on the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. Despite the lead the Storm held following the first three quarters, Seattle let their guard down as the Sun swept in and beat them by a final score of 93-83. This was another instance of the Storm failing to play a complete game, and especially so against what could be viewed as a “inferior” opponent considering that the Sun sit at the bottom of the league standings. Players and head coach Noelle Quinn shared their frustration with the game, whether it be missed opportunities, failure to finish the road trip on a high note, or a lack of intensity that has been a theme in losses the last two years. Here are a few takeaways from the fall to Connecticut on the road.
Diggins Had a Stellar Performance
Storm point guard Skylar Diggins has been having a stellar season as it is, and this game was no exception. Diggins recorded 33 minutes on the court and tallied 23 points as she continues her 2025 all-star campaign. She also had seven assists and three rebounds to her name in this game, adding one steal to continue her strong defensive play.
With all her points and assists, Diggins had many milestones in this game as she continues to add accomplishments to her resume. Diggins made a three-point field goal in this game, which was the twelfth consecutive game she recorded a three-pointer, earning her the longest streak of her WNBA career. On top of this, the first three assists in this game gave her another milestone as she has recorded three assists in her first 60 games with the Storm. With this, she ties Courtney Vandersloot for the sixth-longest 3+ assist streak in WNBA history. If Diggins continues on this path, she could potentially hold the record and take it for herself.
On top of this, Diggins’ first free throw in this game made it the 20th consecutive game in which she had a free throw chance. With this, Diggins now holds the second longest active streak in the WNBA. Skylar’s intense play and seemingly improved play as her career continues to progress has helped her keep pushing through the WNBA record books while helping the Storm be a championship contender.
Storm Fell Apart in the Fourth
Heading into the fourth quarter, the Storm had a solid lead at 74-66. Seattle had a shaky start to the final frame of this game, missing several of their attempts from the field. The Sun capitalized on this, taking a huge offensive upswing. At the 5:33 mark, Connecticut had their first lead in the entire game. While Seattle tried to keep up with them and get their lead back, the Sun were just the better team in the fourth. The Storm scored 20+ points in the three prior quarters, they only scored nine in the fourth while Connecticut scored 27 overall which is a number that should never be given up in the final frame of a game.
Overall, the game was a strong competition in the first three quarters. Seattle dropped their guard and intensity in the fourth, and the Sun took advantage of that to hand Seattle a frustrating defeat that they will need to bounce back from when these teams meet again in a few days.
Alysha Clark Played a Milestone Game
While this game was frustrating for the team overall, there were a few players that had some individual accomplishments to celebrate as we’ve already seen with Skylar Diggins. Veteran forward Alysha Clark played in her 400th career WNBA game. Clark is the oldest active player on the WNBA roster at 38 — her birthday just passed on July 7th and she continues her career as a strong defender for Seattle that is looking to improve her offensive outputs as they’ve been largely minimal throughout the course of this 2025 campaign.
Clark spent a large portion of her career in Seattle. She began her career with the Storm in 2012 and played with them through the 2020 season, helping them win titles in 2018 and in 2020. Despite a great season that ended in winning a title, the Storm did not re-sign Clark. She was signed by the Washington Mystics during the off-season, but was not able to play the 2021 season after she sustained an injury playing overseas in France. She played with the Mystics for the 2022 season and then the Las Vegas Aces signed her for two seasons. Clark hit the free agency market after the 2024 season, so Seattle was able to scoop her up once more for the 2025 season as they paid her a somewhat large sum on a one-year deal in hopes that her veteran qualities, strong defensive abilities, and a potential increase in offensive production could help their roster this year.
In her 400th game, Clark recorded 13 minutes of play. She scored four points and recorded three rebounds as well, going 0-3 from beyond the arc. It’s been a somewhat frustrating year for fans who were hoping to see more given the contract number and what they have seen from Clark in a Storm uniform before, but they can still at least depend on Alysha to be a strong defender.
What’s Next?
Following this morning loss to the Connecticut Sun to close out this four-game road trip, our Seattle Storm return home to Climate Pledge Arena to begin a four-game homestand that begins with a rematch against this Sun side. That comes on Friday, July 11th with a tipoff time of 7PM PDT in a game that will be broadcast live on ION as the Storm will look for a bounce back effort after this frustrating loss against Connecticut. The Sun will surely be looking to build off the momentum of this game when the teams meet in Seattle on Friday, but following the frustration of this defeat the Storm will surely be searching for a big bounce back effort to reassert themselves and get back on track ahead of the WNBA All-Star break.
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