Fiebich had eight points in the first half and played a major role in the Liberty’s third-quarter rally that eventually led to their 79-72 win. She finished with a regular-season career-high 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting and 4-of-5 from deep.

Leonie Fiebich scored a game-high 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting as the host New York Liberty rallied from a 19-point, first-half deficit to defeat the Atlanta Dream 79-72 on Sunday afternoon.

Leonie Fiebich made her awaited return to metropolitan affairs on Thursday night, reprising her role in the New York starting five in a cross-coast clash with the Los Angeles Sparks. The Liberty took the opener an eight-game homestand by an 89-79 final, coming back from as much as 11 points down to snap a brief streak of consecutive losses.