Marina Mabrey ties WNBA single-game scoring record with 53 points in Tempo's historic win

For the 3rd clip successful WNBA history, a subordinate has scored 53 points.

Toronto Tempo prima Marina Mabrey tied the single-game scoring grounds with 53 points successful a ascendant 125-94 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Sparks connected Thursday night. Only A’ja Wilson and Liz Cambage person reached that 53-point people earlier Mabrey.

Mabrey, who poured successful 9 three-pointers successful the win, helped the Tempo acceptable the highest constituent full scored successful a regularisation crippled successful WNBA history. The Phoenix Mercury scored 127 points successful a 2010 game, though it was treble overtime.

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Marina Mabrey of the Toronto Tempo gestures during the 2nd fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks astatine Coca-Cola Coliseum successful Toronto connected June 25, 2026. Mabrey tied the WNBA single-game scoring grounds with 53 points. (Tara Walton/Getty Images)

Mabrey was intelligibly feeling it successful this game, scoring 27 points by halftime. Then, she poured successful 12 much by the extremity of the 3rd quarter, giving herself an unthinkable 39 points.

With the crippled seemingly retired of reach, it was wide that the Tempo were feeding Mabrey successful hopes that she could acceptable a caller WNBA record. Mabrey was launching three-pointers and drilling them, and she yet reached the 53-point people arsenic the assemblage cheered her connected passim the flurry of points.

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Mabrey had clip to get the grounds each to herself, arsenic determination were astir 2 minutes near connected the timepiece to get the occupation done. However, her past 2 three-point attempts didn't spell done the hoop, and she checked retired of the crippled with conscionable implicit a infinitesimal near to play.

The assemblage gave her a large roar of support and a lasting ovation, portion Mabrey’s Tempo teammates congratulated the seasoned connected a historical night.

Marina Mabrey of the Toronto Tempo celebrates aft tying the all-time WNBA scoring grounds with 53 points successful a crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks astatine Coca-Cola Coliseum successful Toronto connected June 25, 2026. (Mark Blinch/NBAE)

It was besides a peculiar nighttime acknowledgment to Mabrey's sister, Michaela, who starred alongside her astatine Notre Dame aft the 2 roseate done the New Jersey girls hoops ranks, being successful attendance.

Michaela ran close onto the level aft the last horn blew and hugged her sister successful a heartfelt infinitesimal that volition surely beryllium remembered by the Mabrey family.

Mabrey stated successful a post-game interrogation that her sister doesn’t get to spot her play excessively often, making this 1 that overmuch much special.

"None of this happens without my teammates. They truly recovered me," Marina said. "For a three-point shooter, you request your teammates to acceptable screens and present the pass, and that’s what they did."

Marina Mabrey of the Toronto Tempo reacts during the 2nd fractional of a WNBA crippled against the Los Angeles Sparks astatine Coca-Cola Coliseum successful Toronto connected June 25, 2026. Mabrey tied the WNBA single-game scoring grounds with 53 points. (Tara Walton/Getty Images)

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It’s the inaugural play for the Tempo, an enlargement squad that enactment unneurotic this squad done an enlargement draft. Mabrey has been a cardinal cog successful their aboriginal season, totaling 37 points past week to acceptable the franchise’s highest constituent full for a game. That’s evidently going to beryllium overmuch harder to interruption now.

Mabrey’s last enactment work 17-of-28 and 9-of-18 from three-point territory for her 53-point total. She besides tallied six rebounds and 2 assists successful the victory.

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