Marina Mabrey Dropped 53 Points on Her Old Team and Her Reaction Was Pure Gold

Toronto Tempo guard Marina Mabrey had a night Thursday that most players can only dream about. And she did it against the franchise that once traded her away.

Mabrey went off for 53 points in a 125-97 rout of the Los Angeles Sparks at Coca-Cola Coliseum, tying the WNBA record for most points in a single game. She also tied the league mark for three-pointers made in a contest, drilling nine of 18 attempts from deep. The 29-year-old shot 17-for-28 overall, grabbed six rebounds and dished two assists in 32 minutes of run. It was the kind of stat line that makes you double-check the box score.

“To do it in the WNBA, it’s kind of like a dream come true,” Mabrey said during a postgame interview on the court. She looked genuinely stunned, which made the moment better.

The Sparks drafted Mabrey in the second round back in 2019, 19th overall. She played her rookie season in L.A., averaging just 4.0 points in 31 games. Not exactly the kind of start that screams future record-setter. After that, she bounced to Dallas, Chicago and Connecticut before landing with the Tempo in the expansion draft. So yeah, there was probably a little extra juice in those buckets.

Mabrey scored 19 points in the first quarter alone. That kind of start shifted the whole game. The crowd of over 8,000 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum fed off it, and the Tempo never looked back.

What makes this even wilder is how matter-of-fact Mabrey was about the whole thing. She didn’t flex or call out her old team. She didn’t make it about revenge. She just seemed happy, almost surprised, that it actually happened. That quote — “a dream come true” — landed differently coming from somebody who just torched a WNBA defense for 53.

For a league that loves clean narratives, this one is messy and perfect. The player who barely cracked the rotation as a rookie now owns a share of the single-game scoring record. And she did it wearing the colors of an expansion team, in front of a city that’s still learning her name.

Toronto is 6-4 now. The Sparks are 3-7. Sometimes the box score tells you everything you need to know.