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Monique Billings

PF · 6′4″ · Current team: Indiana Fever

Regular season · Jul 17, 2026 · SEA 107 @ IND 110 · Final

Monique Billings: season-high 16 points vs Storm (Jul 17, 2026)

ANSWER

16 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 6-of-7 FT · 30:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.4 PTS · 4.4 FGA · 20.2 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 18.2 against a usual 6.4 (+11.8)

Season-high 16 points (previous high 15, set on Jun 6, 2026 and Jun 27, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Monique Billings score 16 points?

Monique Billings scored 16 points against the Storm on Jul 17, 2026 in 30:48: 5-of-7 from the field, 6-of-7 on free throws (85.7%). Coming in, Billings had averaged 6.4 points on 4.4 shots in 20.2 minutes, from 23 regular-season games. The 16 points were a season high, above the previous 15. By Game Score it was the best of 24 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 10 (3.8), free throws 6 (2.0). Minutes: 30:48, against a usual 20.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: 21.3, against a usual 11.5. The Fever won 110-107 at home against the Storm. 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

Billings in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes30:4820.2+10.6
Points166.4+9.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-74.4 · 48.5%+2.6
FTA · FT%7 · 85.7%2.7 · 72.6%+4.3 · +13.1
Rebounds55.3-0.3
Assists31.0+2.0
Turnovers00.8-0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 22 games13.414.2-0.8
Game Score per 36 minutes21.311.5+9.8
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 (23 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.2-of-0.7)-0.6
Twos10 (5-of-7)3.8 (1.9-of-3.7)+6.2
Free throws6 (6-of-7)2.0 (2.0-of-2.7)+4.0
Total166.4+9.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.2 against a usual 6.4 (+11.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.8
Rebounds-1.0
Assists+1.4
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total+11.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.6, 13.5, 3.5, 7.9, 1.5, 6.6, 0, 0.8, 13.7, -0.9, 0.9, 13.5, 4, 5.6, 4.4, 15.2, 8.5, 15.2, 7.6, 7.7, 0.2, 7.9, 3.4, 18.2

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 15.2, set on Jun 22, 2026 and Jun 27, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Fever won 110-107 at home against the Storm.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 15, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Storm this season: 4 points (May 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.