CHICAGO (AP) -Candice Dupree scored 20 of her 23 points in the first half to lead the Chicago Sky to an 84-72 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Saturday night.

Jia Perkins scored 16 points, Dominique Canty and Erin Thorn had 11 each and Shyra Ely added 10 for the Sky (10-10). Canty also had two steals to reach 300 for her career.

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Chicago took advantage of Connecticut's miscues, scoring 28 points off the Sun's 16 turnovers.

``We picked it up defensively and moved the ball really well,' Dupree said. ``Everyone was getting open shots and we were being aggressive on both ends of the court.'

Tan White scored 16 points, Anete Jekabsone-Zogota had 12 and Asjha Jones 10 for the Sun (9-9).

Trailing by six early in the second quarter, Chicago used a franchise-record 26-0 run to take a 46-26 lead on Ely's driving layup with 59 seconds left in the first half.

``I've never seen a run like that against us in the seven years I've been coaching this team,' Sun coach Mike Thibault said. ``We tried different things, we didn't have it. We turned the ball over during that time. We were missing shots. We did everything you could possible do wrong for 6 minutes.'

The Sky stretched the lead to 69-42, their biggest of the game, on Thorn's 3-pointer with 3 minutes left in the third.

``I just think everybody was comfortable and it was about having fun,' Canty said. ``It started on defense. We were getting a lot of stops and were converting into points.'

The Sun pulled within 11 late in the fourth quarter, but got no closer.

``We got a little run to start the fourth quarter, and got it to 14 or whatever it was,' Thibault said. ``Our starting group just didn't play well tonight.'

Chicago has won two of three from Connecticut this season, taking the season series for the first time in its four-year history.

Canty became the 11th player in WNBA history with 800 career points, 800 rebounds and 300 steals.

``It's my 11th year and it's a great accomplishment,' she said. ``I'm pretty grateful.'

The Sun used a 15-0 run that began late in the first quarter to take a 26-20 lead on Amber Holt's jumper with 7:08 left in the half.

Dupree, who had eight points in the first quarter, then had 10 in the Sky's big run over the next 6 minutes to take control of the game. Chicago led 51-31 at halftime.