A’ja Wilson scored 20 points and made the game-winning jumper with 58.5 seconds left to open a four-game road trip for the Las Vegas Aces, which they cruised to a 72-67 win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday in Uncasville, Conn.

The Aces (22-12) won their fourth straight game by gradually erasing a 15-point deficit and outscoring the Sun 46-29 in the second half.

Wilson gave the Aces the lead for good when she connected on a 15-footer off the right elbow to make it 68-67. After Connecticut’s DiJonai Carrington missed a jumper with 40.4 seconds left, Chelsea Gray drained a 3-pointer to extend the lead to 71-67 with 18.8 seconds left.

Wilson scored twice at the free throw line with 5.4 seconds left.

Kelsey Plum led the Aces with 27 points and Gray added 13, helping the Aces connect on 38.5 percent of their shots.

Brionna Jones scored 17 points and Marina Mabrey added 15 for the Sun. The Sun shot 44.6 percent but were outscored 15-4 in the final five minutes to lose their second straight game.

The Sun (24-10) shot a scorching 73.3 percent (11-for-15) in the opening quarter to lead 22-17. Connecticut opened a 34-21 lead on a Tyasha Harris 3-pointer with 4:25 left in the half, extended it to 15 on two Carrington free throws with 1:47 left and led 38-26 at the break.

After Jones scored a basket to give the Sun a 40-28 lead just over a minute into the third period, the Aces scored the next 10 points, then pulled within 45-44 on a basket by Wilson with 3:27 left in the period.

The Sun took a 50-44 lead on a 3-pointer by Mabrey with 2:21 left in the third period and went into the fourth period with a 52-49 lead.

Connecticut took a 63-57 lead on an Alyssa Thomas basket with 5:12 left before Las Vegas came back.

–Field Level Media