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W. Basketball. WNBA Update: Leilani Mitchell Helps the Phoenix Mercury Clinch Playoff Spot

Current Phoenix Mercury point guard and former Utah All-American Leilani Mitchell is ranked ninth in the WNBA this season with a .388 percentage from 3-point range.

Phoenix has clinched a playoff spot and maintained its second-place standing in the Western Conference with a 16-11 overall mark and stands 2.5 games behind the Minnesota Lynx.

Mitchell has started 26 of 27 games, distributing 2.8 assists per game to go with 6.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 23.7 minutes of floor time per game.

Aug. 7, 2015
Phoenix 73, Minnesota 66
Mitchell scored five points to go with four rebounds and three assists as Phoenix won its fifth straight game.