Marina Mabrey scored 18 points and Kiki Rice added 17 as the Toronto Tempo beat the Seattle Storm 93-72 at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Saturday, tightening the season series after an earlier win on May 13.
Marina Mabrey and Kiki Rice didn’t just put up numbers Saturday night — they swung the game when it was still within reach. When the Toronto Tempo finally pulled away late in the third quarter, the scoreboard told the rest: the Tempo beat the Seattle Storm 93-72 at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Mabrey finished with 18 points, while Rice scored 17 and backed it up with six rebounds and an assist. The Tempo also got key production from Brittney Sykes, who scored 15 points and went 7-for-7 from the free-throw line. Laura Juskaite contributed 14 points and five rebounds as Toronto improved to 5-4.
Seattle’s leaders kept fighting. Natisha Hiedeman scored 18 points and went 3-for-8 from three-point range, and Jordan Horston added 15. But the Storm couldn’t sustain the stretches that briefly threatened to flip the game. and Toronto’s late third-quarter surge made the deficit too heavy to reverse.
The Tempo entered the night with just one win against the Storm, and Saturday marked their second: Toronto’s win improved their record against Seattle to 2-6, matching the franchise progress they had already shown in a May 13 win. This time, the margin grew from there.
Toronto’s timing mattered. The Storm were down 21-13 after the first quarter. then took advantage of a sloppy second from the Tempo by outscoring Toronto 23-16. That run cut the deficit down to one point several times, and the Storm trailed by one at the half. The game stayed close until Toronto broke through late in the third quarter.
With the score knotted 51-51 and 3:22 left in the third, Mabrey stole the ball and dished it to Rice for a layup. After that moment, the Tempo didn’t just regain control — they stretched it. Toronto finished the third on a 19-5 run.
The free-throw line became another safety net. The Tempo were perfect from the line, going 31-for-31 until the last minute, when forward Teonni Key missed two foul shots.
Rice remained the Tempo’s poised centerpiece in the starting lineup after returning from the season grind as a rookie. Tempo guard Julie Allemand returned from injury after missing the last five games with a groin strain. but the lineup still featured Rice at the start. Rice — the Tempo’s sixth-overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft — played 27 minutes 58 seconds.
Toronto still had key absences: centre Temi Fagbenle was out with a right shoulder sprain, and forward Isabelle Harrison remained sidelined with a right thumb dislocation.
As for what comes next, the Storm will visit the Dallas Wings on Monday, while the Tempo head to New York to play the New York Liberty on Wednesday.
WNBA Toronto Tempo Seattle Storm Marina Mabrey Kiki Rice Brittney Sykes Laura Juskaite Julie Allemand Teonni Key Natisha Hiedeman Jordan Horston Coca-Cola Coliseum