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Michaela Onyenwere

F · 6′0″ · Current team: Washington Mystics

Regular season · Jun 26, 2026 · WAS 57 @ CON 68 · Final

Michaela Onyenwere 4 points on 1-of-5 vs Sun (Jun 26, 2026)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 28:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.0 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 23.9 MIN, from 12 regular-season games

Game Score -2.2 against a usual 6.9 (-9.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

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

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

How the score works

Why did Michaela Onyenwere score 4 points?

Michaela Onyenwere scored 4 points against the Sun on Jun 26, 2026 in 28:06: 1-of-5 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Onyenwere averaged 11.0 points on 7.2 shots in 23.9 minutes across 12 regular-season games. From threes, 0 points against a usual 3.8; from two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 4.8. Onyenwere played 28:06 against a usual 23.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -2.8, against a usual 10.5. At the Sun, the Mystics lost 68-57. 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

Onyenwere in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (12 games)Change
Minutes28:0623.9+4.2
Points411.0-7.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-57.2 · 51.2%-2.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-22.8 · 44.1%-0.8
FTA · FT%2-of-22.9 · 82.9%-0.9
Rebounds22.9-0.9
Assists11.00.0
Turnovers41.9+2.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games16.119.4-3.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.810.5-13.3
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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 (12 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)3.8 (1.3-of-2.8)-3.8
Twos2 (1-of-3)4.8 (2.4-of-4.4)-2.8
Free throws2 (2-of-2)2.4 (2.4-of-2.9)-0.4
Total411.0-7.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.2 against a usual 6.9 (-9.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.3
Rebounds-0.9
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.3
Total-9.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.7, 8.6, 0.7, 11.1, -0.3, 12.4, 13.6, 13.8, 15.5, 6.5, 1.7, -2.1, -2.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics lost 68-57 at the Sun.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 24, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sun this season: 22 points (Jun 17, 2026).
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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.