Overview
- The Toronto Tempo (7-8) travel to Uncasville to face the Connecticut Sun (2-14) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. EDT in a season rematch of a 106-102 overtime game on June 10.
- Toronto lost Sykes to a non-contact left-foot injury during Tuesday’s game in Indiana and she has been ruled out for Friday pending further evaluation.
- Sykes is Toronto’s leading scorer at about 20.1 points per game, so her absence forces the Tempo to find scoring elsewhere and increases reliance on Marina Mabrey’s three-point shooting.
- Connecticut enters the game on a six-game losing streak and remains shorthanded with guard Hailey Van Lith out with an ankle injury.
- Game-watchers should track Toronto’s rotation decisions and which bench players step up for scoring, because a win for either club could halt its slide and reshape short-term momentum for the rest of the homestand.