Entering Thursday, the WNBA record for most 3s in a game was 18, which had been done six times, most recently by the Liberty themselves last season. Against the Sky, they one-upped themselves and made 19 3s to set the league's new single-game record.

The New York Liberty are off to a hot start, improving to 2-0 on the season after picking up a 99-74 victory over the Chicago Sky and making WNBA history along the way.

The New York Liberty have raised capital from a group of investors at a record valuation for a professional women’s sports franchise of $450 million, sources with knowledge of the agreement told . The total size of the shares sold in the team’s capital raise is a percentage in the “mid-teens,