The Las Vegas Aces make a historic first trip to Bay Area to take on the WNBA’s newest team, the Golden State Valkyries on Saturday, June 7 at 12pm PT.
The Aces come into this game 4-2 after defeating the Seattle Storm, 75-70 in Seattle on Sunday.
A’ja Wilson was named Western Conference Player of the Week scoring 19 points, seven rebounds, and four blocks. Jackie Young added 12 points; rookie Aaliyah Nye scored a career-high 10 points off the bench. Jewell Loyd and Chelsea Gray also scored 10 points each.
This matchup with between the Aces and Valkyries will be the first time that Aces’ coach Becky Hammon will face former Aces’ assistant coach and current Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase. Nakase coach under Hammon from 2022-24.
Golden State comes into this game dropping their last four games, most recently a loss to Phoenix on Thursday.
Veronica Burton led the Valkyries scoring 16 points, Burton leads the team in both points with 12 points per game and assists with 3.9 assists per game this season.
Not only do the Valkyries have Nakase coaching on the sideline as another 2024 member of the Aces, but they also have one of last year’s Las Vegas draft picks Kate Martin is posting 6.5 ppg and shooting 42.1% from 3-point range.
The two teams will meet again three more times this season: July 12 and August 3 at home and August 6 in the Bay Area.
