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Ashlon Jackson

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

Regular season · Sep 24, 2026 · TOR 81 @ CON 95 · Final

Ashlon Jackson: season-high 18 points vs Tempo (Sep 24, 2026)

ANSWER

18 PTS · 6-of-11 FG · 5-of-9 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 26:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.6 PTS · 3.1 FGA · 13.1 MIN, from 18 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 19 games this season: 14.0 against a usual 1.6 (+12.4)

Season-high 18 points (previous high 9, set on Sep 17, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Ashlon Jackson score 18 points?

Ashlon Jackson scored 18 points against the Tempo on Sep 24, 2026 in 26:12: 6-of-11 from the field (54.5%), 5-of-9 from three (55.6%), 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Jackson had averaged 2.6 points on 3.1 shots in 13.1 minutes, from 18 regular-season games. The 18 points were a season high, above the previous 9. This game had the best Game Score of 19 games this season. Shot attempts: 11, against a usual 3.1. The rate from the field was 54.5%, against a usual 32.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 15 (1.7), two-pointers 2 (0.9), free throws 1 (0.0). Minutes: 26:12, against a usual 13.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 19.2, against a usual 4.3. At home against the Tempo, the Sun won 95-81. 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

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What changed

Jackson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (18 games)Change
Minutes26:1213.1+13.1
Points182.6+15.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 54.5%3.1 · 32.7%+7.9 · +21.8
3PA · 3P%9 · 55.6%2.2 · 25.0%+6.8 · +30.6
FTA · FT%1-of-20.1 · 0.0%+1.9
Rebounds11.3-0.3
Assists20.8+1.2
Turnovers00.4-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes19.24.3+14.9
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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 (18 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-9)1.7 (0.6-of-2.2)+13.3
Twos2 (1-of-2)0.9 (0.4-of-0.9)+1.1
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.0 (0.0-of-0.1)+1.0
Total182.6+15.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

14.0 against a usual 1.6 (+12.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.5
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+0.8
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+12.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 19 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, 3.5, 3, 14

Best Game Score of 19 games this season.

Previous best: 7.2, set on Sep 17, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun won 95-81 at home against the Tempo.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 22, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Tempo this season.
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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.