WNBA Player Props and Best Bets for Sunday, August 18

It is a busy day for the WNBA, with four games scheduled. Bettors, of course, have options along with the traditional betting line. They can find odds for a vast menu of WNBA player props at sportsbooks like FanDuel.

Player props are a great way to get some skin in the game without picking a winner. Need some help figuring out which ones to bet on? Here are some of our favorite WNBA player props for Sunday’s early games.

Connecticut Sun vs. Atlanta Dream

• Location: Gateway Center in College Park, GA

• Game Time & Date: 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 18

• Coverage: ESPN3

• Point Spread: Sun -7.5 at FanDuel Sportsbook

DeWanna Bonner, O/U 17.5 Points at -110/-118 via FanDuel

• Alyssa Thomas, O/U 10.5 Points at -125/-104 via FanDuel

• Marina Mabrey, O/U 13.5 Points at -104/-125 via FanDuel

The Sun offense has been unimpressive this season, but then it blew up for 109 points in their first game back after the break. How did that happen? Playing one of the worst defenses in the league helps, but the Sun also added a player right before the break, Marina Mabrey.

She’s only one player, and it is not like she blew up for 30 points, she had 17. However, Connecticut was short on shooters, so adding one could have a significant impact. Although, playing a poor Dallas team had much to do with the offensive explosion.

For the season, the Dream has been a decent defensive team. So—what can we expect from the Sun stars vs. Atlanta?

Bonner has had 16, 18, and 23 points in Connecticut’s three prior games vs. the Dream. We are leaning towards the OVER. She will not have another 29-point game like she had vs. the Wings, but she’ll clear 20 points.

Mabrey will go OVER her total, but we are leaning towards the UNDER for Thomas. She has not been a major scoring threat this season; in three games vs. Atlanta, she scored seven, 14, and eight.

Rhyne Howard, O/U 15.5 Points at -114/-114 via FanDuel

Howard will not have a 30-point game like she had against Seattle in Atlanta’s first game after the break. She is a prolific scorer and gives the Dream offense a tremendous boost. But the Sun defense is tough; it held her to four points in the June 2 game.

But because of how well she and the rest of the Dream played against Seattle, we are leaning towards the OVER for her.

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Seattle Storm vs. Indiana Fever

• Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN

• Game Time & Date: 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 18

• Coverage: ABC

• Point Spread: Storm -2.5 at FanDuel Sportsbook

Caitlin Clark, O/U 20.5 Points at -128/-102 via FanDuel

Clark is averaging 17.6 points per game and 8.3 assists, but in her last five, Clark has scored 23.8 points per game and 12.2 assists. But these were numbers put up against Phoenix (twice), Dallas, Minnesota, and Washington.

Minnesota has a solid defense, but Seattle’s is much better than the Wings, Mercury, and Mystics. So, can she keep the good times rolling against the Storm, or will Clark and the Fever come back down to Earth?

 In the three previous games against Seattle, Clark scored 15, 20, and 21 points. She has not had double-digit assists and made three three-pointers in two. History tells us the UNDER is the better play against a solid Seattle defense.

O/U 2.5 Made Threes at -162/+122 via FanDuel

• O/U 6.5 Rebounds at-146/+110 via FanDuel

With how these props are priced, we are leaning towards the UNDER for made threes and rebounds. She has had solid rebounding nights but is averaging 5.8 this season and 5.0 in her last five games. As for her three-pointers, she averaged 3.0 in her last five but only had two in three.

At +122, the UNDER is worth taking a chance on.

O/U 10.5 Assists at +110/-146 via FanDuel

Regarding her assists total, with how she’s been dishing them out, the OVER is worth taking until someone stops her.

But regarding her point total, we are leaning towards the UNDER. Yes, she is playing great lately, but Seattle’s defense is tough. It would not be shocking if the Storm contained Clark enough to keep her total UNDER 20.5.

Jewell Loyd, O/U 21.5 Points at -106/-122 via FanDuel

Loyd has had Indiana’s number this year. When they played on May 22, she had 32 points; on May 30, she had 22, and on June 27, she had 34. The Fever have struggled on offense all season and have been ripe targets for shooters like Loyd.

Indiana has improved tremendously as a team, but their defense is still lacking. There is no reason to think the Fever will hold her to UNDER 21.5 points.

Nneka Ogwumike, O/U 16.5 Points at -106/-120 via FanDuel

With Loyd and Skylar Diggins-Smith going off in the Atlanta game, Ogwumike ended up having a relatively quiet night by her standards (16 points). She had 15, 17, and 22 points in her three previous games vs. the Fever.

If they were playing a better defense, we’d lean towards the UNDER. But they are playing Indian; take the OVER.

Ezi Macbegor, O/U 13.5 Points at -110/-110 via FanDuel

Macbegor scored 14, 15, and 18 points in the previous games vs. the Fever this season. But she just had six points in each of her last two and didn’t score much during the Olympics, either. Against Indiana’s defense, the OVER is tempting, but we’re leaning toward the UNDER.

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