Marisa Ingemi

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Marisa Ingemi

PHOENIX - The Valkyries found themselves in a familiar position on Thursday night: ahead by one at halftime against a team favored to beat them. This time, the Valkyries didn't give up a 32-9 run coming out of halftime like they did against Minnesota on Sunday. This time, the big run came at the end of the game. Golden State led Phoenix by eight with 3:13 left, but couldn't close it out in an 86-77 loss to the Mercury, extending its losing streak to four.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Marisa Ingemi

PHOENIX - For five minutes on Sunday, Kate Martin was the biggest threat on the floor as the Golden State Valkyries surged to a surprising halftime lead over the undefeated Minnesota Lynx. Martin, a second-round pick and surprise Las Vegas Aces roster mainstay last season, scored 14 points amid a 16-5 Golden State run but was silenced the rest of the contest, not coming off the bench again until late in the third quarter when the Valkyries trailed by nine points.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Marisa Ingemi

The Golden State Valkyries have not shown interest in trading for Seattle center Li Yueru after she requested a trade, league sources told the Chronicle on Wednesday. Yueru, a 6-foot-7 center in her first season with the Storm, is averaging 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.1 minutes. Yueru's representatives requested a trade after her playing time didn't increase following the first seven games.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Marisa Ingemi

The Golden State Valkyries have played 240 minutes together, and those minutes have rarely looked the same. Through six games, the Valkyries (2-4) are still trying to find their most cohesive rotation, and it will only get harder this month when EuroBasket, a European women's World Cup qualifying tournament, pulls away four rotation players. No Valkyries group of five has been together for more than 22 minutes on the floor, some of that because of injuries and players adjusting to new roles.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Marisa Ingemi

For the second time in as many games, the Golden State Valkyries faltered in the second half to fall short of an improbable upset. This time, though, instead of late mistakes, the Golden State offense went cold Sunday night while the Minnesota Lynx shredded a porous Valkyries' perimeter defense in an 86-75 loss at Chase Center.