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Aces Back on Track with win in Toronto

After dropping two games to the Indiana Fever over a seven-day span, the Las Vegas Aces got back on track with a blowout road victory at Toronto disposing of the expansion Tempo 109-83 on Monday night.

It was the team's first trip to Canada and there was no denying the road is a comforting place for the defending champs. The Aces improved to 11-3 away from home with all three of those losses coming to upper echelon teams in Dallas and New York.

After having seven days off, Las Vegas looked fresh and scored 60 points in the first half. Overall, the Aces shot a season best 58% from the field while connecting on 14 three-pointers. Three of those came from four-time Most Valuable Player, A'ja Wilson.

Aces players were in a giving mood to their teammates dishing out a season high 29 assists. Jackie Young had 12 of those to go along with 24 points while Wilson topped all scorers with 26 points draining 11 of her 14 shots from the field. Wilson has now scored in double figures in 47 consecutive games.

NaLyssa smith continued her resurgence with 18 points while Chelsea Gray added 14 with seven assists and Jewel Lloyd scored 11 points.

The Aces have been one of the best shooting teams this season having now scored at least 100 points in eight games. They are on track to surpass their 2023 championship season mark of hitting the century mark 11 times in that season.

Las Vegas continues the road trip with a visit to Washington D.C. to face the Mystics on Wednesday to close out the first half of season before the All-Star break. Wilson and Young will participate in the game on Saturday in Chicago.