Ionescu scores 28, Jones has 14 points and 18 rebounds as unbeaten Liberty beat Mystics 85-63

WASHINGTON AP Sabrina Ionescu hit four -pointers and finished with points Jonquel Jones had points and rebounds and the unbeaten New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics - on Friday night The defending WNBA champion Liberty - are off to the best start in franchise history Brittney Sykes hit two free throws to cut Washington s deficit to four about three minutes into the second half but Ionescu was fouled as she hit a runner and made the free throw seconds later to spark a - run that made it - with left in the third quarter Sykes led Washington with points Kiki Iriafen scored and Sonia Citron The Mystics had scoring droughts of six-plus minutes in the third quarter and four-plus minutes in the fourth Washington shot of from the field of from -point range The Liberty beat Golden State - on Thursday in the first of three games in four days Citron hit a about seconds into the encounter that gave Washington a - lead but Leonie Fiebich answered with a -pointer seconds later and the Liberty led the rest of the way The Mystics went scoreless for three-plus minutes as New York used an - run to make it - with about three minutes left in the first quarter Ionescu scored to stretch the Liberty s lead to with almost four minutes remaining in the second Ionescu had points and Leonie Fiebich hit two -pointers and scored points on -of- shooting to help the Liberty take a - lead into halftime New York is - in games which Jones has a double-double Up next The Liberty return home to take on Connecticut on Sunday The Mystics play Tuesday at Indiana AP WNBA https apnews com hub wnba-basketball Source