After scoring 37 points in last week’s season opener, the Valkyries held Sparks guard Kelsey Plum to 16 points on 6 of 18 shooting from the field. Dearica Hamby led Los Angeles with 25 points and 16 rebounds. The Valkyries fell behind by two points in the first quarter, but the Bay Area team caught fire in the second.

Expansion Golden State, which beat Washington 76-74 on Wednesday, has won consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.

Head coach Natalie Nakase isn’t reading too much into the early analytics. With just 80 minutes of play from her Golden State Valkyries this season entering Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks,