Sky Fall to Aces Again Without Angel Reese
The Chicago Sky's dreadful season is almost over. After losing the first two games against the Las Vegas Aces this season, Sky head coach Tyler Marsh would have been happy to see his team win against his former team.
From 2022-2024, Marsh was an assistant coach for the Aces, including their WNBA championship seasons in 2022 and 2023. With playoff success and player development on his resume, Chicago hired him to replace the fired Teresa Weatherspoon. Judging by another double-digit defeat, that decision has not panned out.
final. @UChicagoMed | #skytown pic.twitter.com/s8cU0k0SuR
— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) September 10, 2025
Yet another terrible first quarter squandered any hopes for the Sky's 11th win on the season on Tuesday night. Chicago was outscored, again, in the game's opening period.
The Aces took a 28-14 lead over the Sky going into the second quarter. Chicago could only come up with 24 second-half points. Las Vegas scored at least 23 points in three of four quarters.
Why this loss to the Aces was the worst of the three for the Sky
Chicago had very little going for them on offense. Starting center Kamilla Cardoso and Michaela Onyenwere each had 13 points. Outside of those two, the six players that took the court for the Sky combined for just 35 more points.
With both Angel Reese and Ariel Atkins out again, Chicago struggled to score. The Sky continued to fail with their deep ball. No player made more than one shot from behind the arc as the team went 4-for-22 from three (18.2%).
Even on the defensive end, Chicago had no answers. The Aces had six players score in double-figures, including four starters. Jackie Young had a pair of game highs for Las Vegas with 15 points and seven assists.
a double-double for the road 🙂↕️
— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) September 10, 2025
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Two positives for the Sky in their latest loss vs. the Aces
On Tuesday, Chicago was nearly perfect from the free-throw line as a team. With just one miss out of 20 shots, the Sky made 19 free throws (95%) in the loss to the Aces. Their 19 points from the charity stripe accounted for 30.65% of their scoring.
Secondly, the Sky contained the Aces' leading scorer A'ja Wilson. Chicago held Las Vegas's starting center to just 11 points (four were from free throws). She averages 23 points and nearly ten rebounds a game.
It is the second time this season that the Sky held one of the league's best scorers to below 20 points. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to win any of the three games against Las Vegas this season as Marsh is now 0-3 against his former team.
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My name is Scott Conrad and I am a Contributor for the Chicago Sky with Sports Illustrated.com. I am also a Contributor with FanSided on NinerNoise, as well as Da Windy City. In addition, I am the Site Editor/Expert for The View from Avalon. I spent two seasons (2015 & 2016) with the Tampa Bay Times as a Correspondent covering high school football. I am a two-time published author with more work to come. In my teenage years, I started watching both MLS and WNBA start in 1996 and grow to be the juggernauts they are in their respective sports. Much love to the career on and off the court for fellow-Napervillian and former Sky forward Candace Parker. Outside of the sports journalism world, I am a travel volleyball coach. I accepted the Head Coach position with Greater Cincinnati Volleyball Club for their U13-2 team. In terms of active sports, I play volleyball, soccer, softball, kickball and train in mixed martial arts.