Rhyne Howard’s 36 points and 9 3-pointers lead Dream past the Sky 88-70

COLLEGE PARK Ga AP Rhyne Howard made a career-high nine -pointers and finished with a season-high points Brittney Griner moved into second place on the WNBA career blocks list and the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky - on Friday night Howard broke the franchise record for -pointers in a competition topping Renee Montgomery s eight in Griner blocked a shot by Elizabeth Williams late in the third quarter to move into a tie with Lisa Leslie Griner added another in the fourth to sit alone in second trailing Margo Dydek s record Howard who was scoreless in the first quarter had points in the third quarter to help Atlanta take a - lead She ended the third with a jumper from the free-throw line and began the fourth with a -pointer for a seven-point lead Howard added another -pointer with remaining for the first double-digit lead of the contest at - Howard also scored points during Atlanta s - run in the fourth to take a - lead Allisha Gray had points seven rebounds and five assists for Atlanta - Brionna Jones added points and rebounds and Jordin Canada scored to go with eight assists Kamilla Cardoso led Chicago - with points and nine rebounds Angel Reese added points and nine boards and Ariel Atkins also scored AP WNBA https apnews com hub wnba-basketball Source