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Valeriane Ayayi

PG · 6′1″ · Current team: Phoenix Mercury

Regular season · Jun 24, 2026 · PHO 111 @ IND 109 · Final

Valeriane Ayayi 19 points vs Fever (Jun 24, 2026)

ANSWER

19 PTS · 5-of-8 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 8-of-9 FT · 28:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.2 PTS · 2.9 FGA · 11.0 MIN, from 12 regular-season games

Game Score 17.3 against a usual 3.0 (+14.3)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Valeriane Ayayi score 19 points?

Valeriane Ayayi scored 19 points against the Fever on Jun 24, 2026 in 28:06: 5-of-8 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, 8-of-9 on free throws (88.9%). Before this game, Ayayi averaged 4.2 points on 2.9 shots in 11.0 minutes across 12 regular-season games. The shot count was 8, against a usual 2.9. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 8 (1.0), free throws 8 (2.2), threes 3 (1.0). Ayayi played 28:06 against a usual 11.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 22.2, against a usual 9.7. At the Fever, the Mercury won 111-109. 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

Ayayi in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (12 games)Change
Minutes28:0611.0+17.1
Points194.2+14.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-82.9 · 28.6%+5.1
3PA · 3P%1-of-41.3 · 26.7%+2.7
FTA · FT%9 · 88.9%2.7 · 81.3%+6.3 · +7.6
Rebounds32.7+0.3
Assists21.3+0.7
Turnovers11.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games20.421.1-0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes22.29.7+12.5
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 (12 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-4)1.0 (0.3-of-1.3)+2.0
Twos8 (4-of-4)1.0 (0.5-of-1.6)+7.0
Free throws8 (8-of-9)2.2 (2.2-of-2.7)+5.8
Total194.2+14.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

17.3 against a usual 3.0 (+14.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.7
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+0.5
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total+14.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 5.5, 5.3, 3.5, -1.6, 0.1, -0.7, 0.2, 1.6, 0.7, -2.9, 16, 7.7, 17.3

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury won 111-109 at the Fever.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 22, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Fever this season: 9 points (Jun 22, 2026).
06

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.