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Sarah Ashlee Barker

G · 6′0″ · Current team: Portland Fire

Regular season · Sep 11, 2025 · LVA 103 @ LAS 75 · Final

Sarah Ashlee Barker: season-high 15 points vs Aces (Sep 11, 2025)

ANSWER

15 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 38:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.7 PTS · 2.8 FGA · 13.4 MIN, from 33 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 34 games this season: 11.0 against a usual 1.1 (+9.9)

Season-high 15 points (previous high 12, set on Jun 17, 2025)

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 Sarah Ashlee Barker score 15 points?

Sarah Ashlee Barker scored 15 points against the Aces on Sep 11, 2025 in 38:12: 7-of-12 from the field (58.3%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%). Coming in, Barker had averaged 2.7 points on 2.8 shots in 13.4 minutes, from 33 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 12 points. By Game Score it was the best of 34 games this season. Shot attempts: 12, against a usual 2.8. The 58.3% from the field compares with a usual 30.4%. From two-pointers, 12 points against a usual 0.7; from threes, 3 points against a usual 1.5. Playing time was 38:12, against a usual 13.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 10.4, against a usual 3.0. At home against the Aces, the Sparks lost 103-75, a 28-point loss. 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

Barker in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (33 games)Change
Minutes38:1213.4+24.8
Points152.7+12.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 58.3%2.8 · 30.4%+9.2 · +27.9
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%1.7 · 30.4%+3.3 · -10.4
Rebounds21.9+0.1
Assists20.9+1.1
Turnovers11.1-0.1
Game Score per 36 minutes10.43.0+7.4
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
Threes3 (1-of-5)1.5 (0.5-of-1.7)+1.5
Twos12 (6-of-7)0.7 (0.3-of-1.1)+11.3
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.5 (0.5-of-0.7)-0.5
Total152.7+12.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

11.0 against a usual 1.1 (+9.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.4
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+0.8
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.2
Total+9.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 34 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.4, 3.2, -1.5, 5.7, 3.9, 0.5, -2.3, 7, 6.3, 5.1, 1.1, 0.8, 6.3, -0.9, 1.3, -4, -2.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.3, 0.6, 2.7, -0.4, 0, 0, -2.4, 1.5, 2, 2.7, 3.2, -1.4, -2.1, -0.6, 11

Best Game Score of 34 games this season.

Previous best: 7.0, set on Jun 1, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sparks lost 103-75 at home against the Aces, a 28-point loss.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Aces this season: 3 points (May 30, 2025), 3 points (Jun 11, 2025).
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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.