Dream will return to Atlanta for annual Pride Night
ATLANTA – After a two-game road trip, the Atlanta Dream will return home to face the Connecticut Sun Friday, June 22 beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The Dream are hosting its annual Pride Night proudly supported by King of Pops and The IceBox celebrating equality at McCamish Pavilion. The game will be televised on FOX Sports Southeast and League Pass.
Atlanta Dream Game Notes vs Connecticut
The Dream (6-6), who have traveled over 7,000 miles since June 6, are coming off a tough 79-72 defeat at the Liberty Tuesday night. With leading scorer Tiffany Hayes out due to an ankle injury, Angel McCoughtry stepped up and recorded a new career-high 39 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Before Tuesday, only one other player (Candace Parker) had ever posted a stat line with those numbers.
Connecticut (7-4) is coming off three-straight losses, most recently an 89-72 loss to the Mercury on Saturday. In the Dream and Sun’s last meeting, Atlanta handed the Sun its first loss of the season breaking their then-perfect 5-0 start to the season on June 5th in Atlanta.
After Friday night’s game, the Dream head back on the road for a three-game road trip beginning in Chicago Wednesday, June 27.
Atlanta Dream season, group tickets and single game tickets are available now. For more information, visit atlantadream.net or call 877.977.7729.
The Atlanta Dream plays its home games in McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus. Atlanta has qualified for the playoffs seven times, winning conference titles in 2013, 2011 and 2010.
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