Veronica Burton scores 22 to lead Valkyries to expansion franchise's first win, 76-74 over Mystics

— Veronica Burton made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:38 remaining, another with 29 seconds left on the way to 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists, leading the Golden State Valkyries to the expansion franchise's first victory with a 76-74 win...
May 22, 2025, 12:37 am - AP

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  • Janelle Salaun makes driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses 21-foot three point shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sug Sutton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Kayla Thornton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tiffany Hayes misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron misses two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sonia Citron misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kate Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes technical free throw
  • Lucy Olsen misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shakira Austin makes two point shot
  • Shakira Austin misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Julie Vanloo misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Jade Melbourne makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sika Kone assists)
  • Stephanie Talbot misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes misses 17-foot jumper
  • Kate Martin misses running pullup jump shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes two point shot (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Monique Billings misses driving layup
  • Kiki Iriafen makes layup (Emily Engstler assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes driving layup
  • Tiffany Hayes misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun misses 22-foot jumper
  • Carla Leite misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Emily Engstler misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Carla Leite misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron makes 9-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Monique Billings makes 6-foot layup (Carla Leite assists)
  • Monique Billings misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Monique Billings misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sonia Citron misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes two point shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Stefanie Dolson misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Stefanie Dolson misses two point shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Tiffany Hayes assists)
  • Lucy Olsen misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Tiffany Hayes misses two point shot
  • Lucy Olsen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kayla Thornton makes technical free throw
  • Kiki Iriafen misses layup
  • Kiki Iriafen misses two point shot
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Lucy Olsen misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monique Billings makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monique Billings misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Janelle Salaun makes 26-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Emily Engstler makes layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jade Melbourne misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Carla Leite misses 28-foot three point shot
  • Emily Engstler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Emily Engstler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kiki Iriafen misses driving layup
  • Veronica Burton misses two point shot
  • Monique Billings makes 22-foot jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes 38-foot three point shot (Carla Leite assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Veronica Burton misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot (Sug Sutton assists)
  • Kayla Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kiki Iriafen misses layup
  • Janelle Salaun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Julie Vanloo misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Stefanie Dolson makes 6-foot layup (Brittney Sykes assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Julie Vanloo misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brittney Sykes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses layup
  • Monique Billings makes 4-foot layup (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Brittney Sykes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Brittney Sykes misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monique Billings misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Temi Fagbenle makes two point shot (Julie Vanloo assists)
  • Sika Kone misses 20-foot jumper
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 21-foot jumper
  • Temi Fagbenle makes layup (Monique Billings assists)
  • Sika Kone makes driving layup (Sonia Citron assists)
  • Sika Kone makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kiki Iriafen misses 20-foot jumper
  • Kayla Thornton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Carla Leite assists)
  • Carla Leite misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Stephanie Talbot makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Stephanie Talbot misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Lucy Olsen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Lucy Olsen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sug Sutton misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Temi Fagbenle makes driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun makes technical free throw
  • Kiki Iriafen misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Janelle Salaun makes driving layup
  • Sonia Citron misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Janelle Salaun misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Brittney Sykes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Monique Billings misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jade Melbourne makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Stefanie Dolson assists)
  • Veronica Burton makes driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kiki Iriafen makes two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Carla Leite makes 22-foot three point jumper (Veronica Burton assists)
  • Sonia Citron makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sonia Citron makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Carla Leite misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sonia Citron misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sika Kone misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kiki Iriafen makes driving layup (Jade Melbourne assists)
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Temi Fagbenle misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jade Melbourne misses driving layup
  • Brittney Sykes misses driving floating jump shot
  • Brittney Sykes misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses driving layup
  • Carla Leite makes two point shot
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kayla Thornton assists)
  • Sonia Citron misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kayla Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Temi Fagbenle assists)
  • Kayla Thornton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brittney Sykes misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kayla Thornton misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Veronica Burton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Temi Fagbenle assists)
  • Jade Melbourne makes driving layup (Sika Kone assists)
  • Jade Melbourne makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Carla Leite misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Carla Leite makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brittney Sykes misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kiki Iriafen makes two point shot
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Veronica Burton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sonia Citron makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brittney Sykes assists)
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