Loyd leads Storm to an 80-51 win over the Mystics

Published 10:54 pm Friday, July 15, 2016

Assocated Press

SEATTLE — Jewell Loyd scored 26 points, and Breanna Stewart had 10 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and two blocked shots to help the Seattle Storm beat the Washington Mystics 80-51 in WNBA action Friday night.

Sue Bird and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 12 points apiece for the Storm (8-13). Mosqueda-Lewis hit a career-high four 3-pointers, and Bird had seven assists.

Stewart hit a 3-pointer that sparked a 21-9 first-half run — during which Loyd scored nine points — and Seattle led by at least eight points the rest of the way.

The Mystics (9-13) shot a season-worst 29 percent (20-for-69) from the field, tied their lowest scoring output in a quarter this season with eight points in the second and scored nine in the fourth.

Emma Meesseman had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Washington, which is ranked eighth in the AP WNBA power poll.

The 11th-ranked Storm have dished out at least 20 assists in each of their past four games.