The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey, left, celebrates alongside Temi Fagbenle after scoring during the second half of a game against the Sparks on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Toronto. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Sparks’ Kiana Williams (23) keeps the ball from the Toronto Tempo’s Tima Pouye, right, during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Maria Conde celebrates after scoring against the Sparks during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Sparks’ Rae Burrell, right, catches the ball over Toronto Tempo’s Tima Pouye (32) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey, center left, drives past the Sparks’ Dearica Hamby, center right, during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey (3) and the Sparks’ Rae Burrell, second from front right, vie for control of the ball during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Laura Juskaite (2) drives past the Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike (30) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Sparks’ Ariel Atkins handles the ball during the second half of a game against the Toronto Tempo on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Toronto. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey pushes the ball up the court during the first half of a game against the Sparks in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey gestures after scoring during the first half of a game against the Sparks on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Toronto. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Sparks’ Erica Wheeler, right, drives to the net past the Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey, left, during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Nyara Sabally (8) hits the Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike (30) as she is fouled at the net during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey, left, drives to the net past the Sparks’ Jihyun Park during the first half on Thursday night in Toronto. Mabrey tied the WNBA single-game scoring record with 53 points as Toronto routed the Sparks, 125-97. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Julie Allemand (22) drives past the Sparks’ Rae Burrell (12) during the first half of WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Sparks’ Chance Gray, left, drives past the Toronto Tempo’s Laura Juskaite, right, during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Isabelle Harrison (21) drives to the net past the Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike, left, during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Julie Allemand (22) drives past the Sparks’ Rae Burrell, left, during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey (3) celebrates with her team during the second half of a game against the Sparks in Toronto, hursday, June 25, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Sparks forward Dearica Hamby looks at the scoreboard during the second half of a lopsided loss to the Toronto Tempo on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Toronto. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey celebrates after her team’s victory over the Sparks on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Toronto. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Toronto Tempo’s Marina Mabrey, left, celebrates with her sister Michaela Mabrey after her team’s victory over the Sparks on Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Toronto. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
TORONTO — Marina Mabrey matched the WNBA scoring record with 53 points behind a torrid 9-of-18 effort from 3-point range as the Toronto Tempo routed the short-handed Sparks, 125-97, on Thursday night.
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Mabrey had already tied the league’s single-game 3-point record when she hit nine in a June 19 victory over Connecticut, establishing a then-career-high 37 points in the process. She eclipsed that mark three quarters into Thursday’s game with 39, then erupted for another 14 to match A’ja Wilson and Liz Cambage for the scoring record.
Cambage did it for Dallas against New York on July 17, 2018, and Wilson did it for Las Vegas at Atlanta on Aug. 22, 2023.
When Mabrey checked out with a minute remaining, fans briefly booed before erupting into cheers in acknowledgement of her big night. The clock ticked down to zero with chants of “We Want Mabrey! We Want Mabrey!”
Mabrey, who was selected by the Sparks in the second round of the 2019 WNBA Draft, shot 17 for 28 from the field and made 10 of her 12 free throws. The 29-year-old former Notre Dame star shattered the expansion team’s previous high of 38 points done twice by Brittney Sykes.
Nneka Ogwumike (21 points, seven rebounds) and Dearica Hamby (21 points, nine rebounds) paced the Sparks (8-9), who were without leading scorer Kelsey Plum (lower leg injury) and forward Cameron Brink (ankle). Rae Burrell added 17 points.
Toronto (9-9) never trailed, setting the tone early with a 19-6 run less than four minutes in behind a trio of triples from Mabrey, Maria Conde and Julie Allemand. The Tempo’s lead grew to as many as 35 points from there, with Toronto shooting a sizzling 20 for 42 from 3-point range.
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Conde finished 3 for 5 from behind the arc on the way to 13 points. She also grabbed seven rebounds. Allemand was a perfect 3 for 3 from long range en route to 13 points and doled out a career-high 14 assists. Laura Juskaite added 10 points and a game-high 12 boards off the bench in the highest-scoring game in the expansion team’s brief history.
Mabrey’s nine made 3-pointers were nearly as many as the Sparks made as a team. The Sparks finished 11 for 38 from deep.
Beyond Ogwumike, Hamby and Burrell, the Sparks generated little offense from elsewhere. Starting guards Erica Wheeler and Ariel Atkins were mired in foul trouble for much of the night, and the bench did little without Brink.
The Sparks came into Thursday’s contest having split a pair of games with Toronto last month in L.A., but they sputtered early and never recovered in this one.
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Marina Mabrey poured in 53 points on 17-28 shooting, including 9-18 from deep, tying the all-time WNBA single-game scoring record and the league’s single-game record for made threes.#WNBASeason30 pic.twitter.com/cNCbTWy8q4
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