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Noemie Brochant

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

Regular season · Aug 11, 2026 · PHO 94 @ LAS 87 · Final

Noemie Brochant: season-high 24 points vs Sparks (Aug 11, 2026)

ANSWER

24 PTS · 10-of-13 FG · 3-of-6 3P · 1-of-3 FT · 30:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.5 PTS · 4.8 FGA · 22.2 MIN, from 33 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 34 games this season: 21.9 against a usual 4.6 (+17.3)

Season-high 24 points (previous high 16, set on Jun 20, 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 24 points?

Noemie Brochant scored 24 points against the Sparks on Aug 11, 2026 in 30:06: 10-of-13 from the field (76.9%), 3-of-6 from three (50.0%), 1-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Brochant had averaged 5.5 points on 4.8 shots in 22.2 minutes, from 33 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 16 points. This game had the best Game Score of 34 games this season. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 4.8. The rate from the field was 76.9%, against a usual 45.3%. By shot type: two-pointers 14 points (usual 2.4); threes 9 points (usual 2.9). Playing time was 30:06, against a usual 22.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 26.2, against a usual 7.4. Brochant had 5 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.9 and 0.2. At the Sparks, the Mercury won 94-87. 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

Brochant in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (33 games)Change
Minutes30:0622.2+7.9
Points245.5+18.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 76.9%4.8 · 45.3%+8.2 · +31.6
3PA · 3P%6 · 50.0%2.5 · 39.0%+3.5 · +11.0
FTA · FT%1-of-30.3 · 66.7%+2.7
Rebounds32.0+1.0
Assists31.7+1.3
Turnovers30.8+2.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 32 games23.912.0+11.9
Game Score per 36 minutes26.27.4+18.8
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 (33 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-6)2.9 (1.0-of-2.5)+6.1
Twos14 (7-of-7)2.4 (1.2-of-2.3)+11.6
Free throws1 (1-of-3)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)+0.8
Total245.5+18.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.9 against a usual 4.6 (+17.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+15.1
Rebounds+0.1
Assists+0.9
Steals and blocks+4.0
Turnovers and fouls-2.8
Total+17.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 34 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, 5.2, 16.7, 5.2, 1.5, -0.4, 2.9, 1.5, 5.3, 6.4, -1.4, 3.7, 2.9, -0.6, 4.6, 1.7, 11, 21.9

Best Game Score of 34 games this season.

Previous best: 19.5, set on Jun 20, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury won 94-87 at the Sparks.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 9, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sparks this season: 0 points (May 21, 2026), 8 points (Jun 13, 2026), 2 points (Jul 22, 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.