That Was Jess' Best Game as a Professional.

That Was Jess' Best Game as a Professional.
by dillon77 (2022-06-19 22:37:41)
Edited on 2022-06-20 08:15:00

In reply to: And Jackie vs KMac/Jess ended was a barnburner Aces win posted by Domerduck

I'm not quite sure what she's doing coming off the bench, unless her coach thinks she can spell two different positions. However, she's had two fine efforts in doing so. And come to think of it, her experience at ND (center in 2017-18, power forward in 2017-18) kind of confirms that.

She outrebounded the Aces' front line by herself last night 19-17 -- in 28 minutes.

Credit where credit is due, too: Moriah Jefferson also had her best game in years.,,23 pts (10-14 shooting, 7 assists) Still, at the end of the day, the Aces take the win. Dearica Hamby and A'ja Wilson are a solid 1-2 combination up front.

Jess - WNBA record "Most rebounds off the bench" *

Impressive tidbit

From Lynx Twitter

Last night, Jessica Shepard joined Lisa Leslie as just the second player in WNBA history to collect 22+pts/19+ reb/6+ast in a single game(the first since 2002).

Shepard joined Maya Moore as the second player in team history to pass the 15+pts/15+reb/5+ast threshold in one game.

I do think with Fowles gone, Reeves is bringing Jess in to

attack where she thinks she'll turn the game depending on match-ups. That 1 pt loss at Vegas may have been their best game since KMac had her 1st game coming back from Turkey when she scored 24 in a win at LA. Their only other 2 wins are against the Liberty. Next 2 games KMac/Jess get Sky/Bri to see if they can turn their season around from being the WNBA cellar dweller.