Liberty lack ‘toughness’ in preseason loss
Coach Brondello cites team's early ennui against Connecticut
The Connecticut Sun were ready for their WNBA preseason opener.
The New York Liberty? Not so much.
“We didn’t have toughness, we didn’t move the ball. I tell them as it is,” New York head coach Sandy Brondello said after the Liberty suffered a 63-57 loss to the Sun at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Sika Kone scored 10 points off the bench and sparked a 24-12 fourth-quarter burst for New York (0-1), which was outscored 19-3 in the second period and trailed by as many as 19 points before saving some face over the final 10 minutes.