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Noemie Brochant

SF · 5′11″ · Current team: Phoenix Mercury

Regular season · Jun 20, 2026 · SEA 73 @ PHO 93 · Final

Noemie Brochant: season-high 16 points vs Storm (Jun 20, 2026)

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16 PTS · 6-of-7 FG · 4-of-5 3P · 31:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.4 PTS · 4.9 FGA · 21.1 MIN, from 16 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 17 games this season: 19.5 against a usual 4.1 (+15.4)

Season-high 16 points (previous high 11, set on Jun 1, 2026 and Jun 5, 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 Noemie Brochant score 16 points?

In 31:42 against the Storm on Jun 20, 2026, Noemie Brochant scored 16 points: 6-of-7 from the field, 4-of-5 from three (80.0%). Coming in, Brochant had averaged 5.4 points on 4.9 shots in 21.1 minutes, from 16 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 11 points. This game had the best Game Score of 17 games this season. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 2.8); two-pointers 4 points (usual 2.4). Brochant played 31:42 against a usual 21.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 22.1, against a usual 7.0. Assists: 10, against a usual 1.1. At home against the Storm, the Mercury won 93-73, a 20-point win. 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

Brochant in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (16 games)Change
Minutes31:4221.1+10.6
Points165.4+10.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-74.9 · 43.6%+2.1
3PA · 3P%5 · 80.0%2.4 · 38.5%+2.6 · +41.5
Rebounds22.4-0.4
Assists101.1+8.9
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games11.413.3-1.9
Game Score per 36 minutes22.17.0+15.1
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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 (16 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-5)2.8 (0.9-of-2.4)+9.2
Twos4 (2-of-2)2.4 (1.2-of-2.5)+1.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)-0.2
Total165.4+10.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.5 against a usual 4.1 (+15.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.7
Rebounds-0.4
Assists+6.3
Steals and blocks-0.1
Turnovers and fouls-1.1
Total+15.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 17 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.9, 5.2, 1.3, 1.5, 4.9, -2.5, 6.9, 2.8, -0.3, 7, 2.4, 9.6, 11.8, 1.7, 3.5, 4.3, 19.5

Best Game Score of 17 games this season.

Previous best: 11.8, set on Jun 9, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury won 93-73 at home against the Storm, a 20-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 17, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Storm this season: 4 points (Jun 3, 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.