Member of the Lithuanian national team spent 3 and a half quarters on the bench and stepped onto the court in the middle of the 4th quarter, when the “Valkyries” were trailing by 20 points (63:83).
Within a few minutes, the home team reduced the deficit to single digits (79:87), but failed to avoid defeat.
J. Jocytė scored 5 points (0/1 two-pointers, 1/1 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), grabbed 1 rebound, and made 1 assist for her team in 5 minutes and 29 seconds.
The top scorers among the losers were Gabby Williams (20 points) and Janelle Salaun (16).
Among the winners, unstoppable was last season’s WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson. The center scored 28 points and grabbed 15 rebounds.
After this game, both the “Valkyries” and the “Aces” have 5 wins and 3 losses each, and together with the “Dallas Wings” share 3rd-5th places in the Western Conference.
