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Ashlon Jackson

G · 6′0″ · Current team: Connecticut Sun

Regular season · Sep 17, 2026 · CON 59 @ ATL 103 · Final

Ashlon Jackson: season-high 9 points vs Dream (Sep 17, 2026)

ANSWER

9 PTS · 3-of-5 FG · 3-of-5 3P · 31:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.1 PTS · 3.1 FGA · 11.4 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 16 games this season: 7.2 against a usual 1.0 (+6.2)

Season-high 9 points (previous high 6, set on May 25, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Ashlon Jackson score 9 points?

Ashlon Jackson scored 9 points against the Dream on Sep 17, 2026 in 31:24: 3-of-5 from the field, 3-of-5 from three (60.0%). Before this game, Jackson averaged 2.1 points on 3.1 shots in 11.4 minutes across 15 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 6 points. This game had the best Game Score of 16 games this season. By shot type: threes 9 points (usual 1.0); two-pointers 0 points (usual 1.1). Jackson played 31:24 against a usual 11.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 8.3, against a usual 3.0. Jackson had 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 0.3 and 0.7. At the Dream, the Sun lost 103-59, a 44-point loss. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Jackson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes31:2411.4+20.0
Points92.1+6.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-53.1 · 28.3%+1.9
3PA · 3P%5 · 60.0%2.1 · 15.6%+2.9 · +44.4
Rebounds50.9+4.1
Assists20.6+1.4
Turnovers20.3+1.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games10.613.6-3.0
Game Score per 36 minutes8.33.0+5.3
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-5)1.0 (0.3-of-2.1)+8.0
Twos0 (0-of-0)1.1 (0.5-of-1.0)-1.1
Total92.1+6.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

7.2 against a usual 1.0 (+6.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.5
Rebounds+1.6
Assists+1.0
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls-2.3
Total+6.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.9, -0.4, 5.9, 1.3, -0.8, 0.6, -0.7, -1.4, -0.1, 1.1, 2.5, 4, -1.3, 0.9, -2.1, 7.2

Best Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous best: 5.9, set on May 25, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun lost 103-59 at the Dream, a 44-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 30, 2026, 18 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season.
06

What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.