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The New York Liberty defeated the Connecticut Sun 106-75 in their 2026 season opener, with Breanna Stewart leading the way with 31 points. The Sun struggled early, falling behind by 20 points in the first quarter and failing to recover.
NEW YORK — The Connecticut Sun hoped this season would be different from its dismal record in 2025, but the team’s performance in its 2026 opener against the New York Liberty felt painfully familiar.
The Sun never had a chance after an 8-0 run by New York forced Sun coach Rachid Meziane to burn a timeout barely two minutes into the game, and the brief reset did nothing to slow the Liberty’s momentum fueled by the electric energy of a packed crowd at Barclays Center. Connecticut was down 20 points before the end of the first quarter, and New York never looked back in its 106-75 blowout win.
UConn legend Breanna Stewart defended her home court in dominant fashion, leading the Liberty with 31 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in the blowout victory. French guard Marine Johannes was equally unstoppable, knocking down five 3-pointers to finish with 17 points on top of five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Forward Diamond Miller was one of the few bright spots for the Sun, leading the team with 16 points, shooting 6-for-16 from the field. Superstar center Brittney Griner struggled to get going against the Liberty’s loaded frontcourt, finishing with 13 points and six rebounds in her Connecticut debut.
The Sun’s inexperience was at the root of its disastrous first-quarter showing, its young players visibly out of sorts against a New York roster loaded with perennial All-Stars and WNBA champions. Connecticut gave up 10 points off of five turnovers in the opening quarter, and they were a step behind the Liberty at every turn getting outscored 12-0 on fast-break opportunities.
Meziane threw his trio of rookies into the deep end against New York, running a lineup with all three players on the court for extended stretches in the first quarter. Guards Charlisse Leger-Walker and Gianna Kneepkens both experienced their ‘Welcome to the league’ moments before halftime.
Leger-Walker’s came in the first quarter when she went up for a layup that never had a chance of making it to the rim before 6-foot-6 former MVP Jonquel Jones blocked it from behind. Kneepkens struggled with the Liberty’s pace on the defensive end and wound up seated on the court after a crossover move by All-Star Betnijah Laney-Hamilton.
Breanna Stewart scored 31 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and recorded three blocks in the game.
The Connecticut Sun lost 106-75 to the New York Liberty, struggling particularly in the first quarter.
The New York Liberty led by 20 points at the end of the first quarter.
Breanna Stewart and Marine Johannes were standout players, with Johannes scoring 17 points and making five 3-pointers.
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Kneepkens had a resilient response on the offensive end, bringing down an offensive rebound and getting the ball out to point guard Hailey Van Lith, who fed it back to her in the corner for her first official points as a WNBA player on a 3-pointer. It was the first outside shot the Sun made in the game after beginning 0-for-5.
Van Lith, picked up by the Sun barely 48 hours ago after getting waived during training camp by the Chicago Sky, had a solid showing in her first appearance. The second-year guard was the first player to hit multiple field goals when she knocked down a 3-pointer in the second quarter, and she ended with nine points shooting 4-for-7 plus four assists and a steal.
The Sun managed to keep pace with New York in the second quarter, only getting outscored by six points after trailing by 23 at the end of the first. But a brutal shooting performance kept them from making a dent in the Liberty lead, especially as they struggled to get stops on the defensive end. Connecticut hit just 38% from the field in the first half to New York’s 56%, and it was 2-for-9 from beyond the arc.
The Sun came into the third quarter with a burst of energy sparked by back-to-back buckets from Miller. Connecticut was leading New York 13-4 through the first four minutes of the quarter, but Stewart killed the momentum with a vicious block from behind as Miller went up for a fast-break layup off of a steal. Johannes then drilled a transition 3-pointer that got the home crowd fired up, though the Sun still managed to outscore the Liberty 23-21 in the third.
Meziane once again went to rookie-heavy lineups for most of the fourth with most of New York’s starters off the court. Kneepkens finished with seven points and five boards to lead the team’s first-year players.
Former UConn standout Aubrey Griffin also made her WNBA debut hours after signing a hardship contract with the Liberty on Friday morning. The Ossining, N.Y., native played five minutes and scored her first points as a professional on a driving layup in the final 30 seconds of the game.