TULSA, Okla.—Despite a rough shooting night, Storm got to see the development of some of the younger members of the team, including top-three pick Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, in the second half of the team’s 68-45 loss to Tulsa on Tuesday night at the BOK Center.

“We had some people who are continuing to get better, collectively and individually. They are all in different growth processes,” Storm head coach Jenny Boucek said.

Midway through the third quarter, the bench unit started to get a rhythm offensively. Following a pair of free throws, Ramu Tokashiki hit a jumper in the lane and then Mosqueda-Lewis hit a turnaround jumper for her first career basket.

Mosqueda-Lewis scored the last three baskets of the third quarter for the Storm and finished the game with seven points on 3-for-7 from the field.

Tokashiki finished the game with eight points.

Quanitra Hollingsworth also chipped in during the fourth quarter on defense and offense. Including an emphatic block, she finished with four points, eight rebounds, and two blocks.

The Seattle bench poured in 29 points and the trio of Tokashiki, Mosqueda-Lewis, and Hollingsworth was 6-for-12 from the field.

“I saw toughness,” Boucek said of the trio. “We were getting out toughed in the first half and that group really responded. The second half we held them to 28 points despite a really futile offensive effort.”

Seattle will be back in action on Thursday at Minnesota. Game time is at 5 p.m. from the Target Center.

“We’re trying to learn every day,” Boucek said. ‘We got to watch the video, assess it, troubleshoot it, and move on from here.”

After a layup from Crystal Langhorne cut the early deficit to one, Tulsa went on a run and it was sparked by Skylar Diggins who went coast-to-coast for the layup to make it a 7-4 game. It was the start of a 7-0 run and forced the Storm to call a timeout.

But the Seattle offense remained cold and missed 12 straight shots, which allowed Tulsa to pull away and take a 21-4 lead.

Langhorne snapped the streak after she converted a layup and a free throw with 51 seconds left to end the the first quarter 21-7.

The struggles continued in the second and the Storm did not make its first basket until the 2:14 mark when Renee Montgomery hit a three. It was one of her two threes of the half as she led the team with six points before the break.

Montgomery finished with 10 points and three assists.

NOTES:

Sue Bird finished with six points and continued to inch closer to Sheryl Swoopes for 13th on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list. She now has 4,826 and is two points behind New York’s Swin Cash, who finished Tuesday with eight points… Seattle went 11-for-12 from the free throw line (91.7 percent)… The Storm held Tulsa to 27.5 percent from the field in the second half.