CHICAGO(AP) Jia Perkins scored 25 points, including 11 in Chicago's fourth-quarter comeback, as the Sky extended their winning streak to three games with a 78-75 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night.

Off to the best start in their four-year history, the Sky (3-1) beat the Sun (1-3) for the third time in 12 meetings.

Perkins also had three rebounds and was 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, when Chicago overcame an eight-point deficit.

"She basically put our entire team on our back and brought us through,'' Chicago coach Steven Key said. "Her teammates rallied around her and got the rebounds for her and got her the ball when necessary. When you have a special one-on-one player like that who can get a shot off and they're going in, it puts a lot of pressure on the other team.''

The Sky took a 76-75 lead on Sylvia Fowles' jumper with 58 seconds left, and Erin Thorn added two free throws 25 seconds later to finish the scoring.

"We got some good rebounds, hit some clutch free throws and played great defense,'' Perkins said. "I think it says a lot for our defense that whenever they needed a shot they couldn't get one up.''

The Sun led 71-63 with 6:13 to play after Tamika Whitmore hit the second of a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers. Perkins responded with a 3 and added two free throws in a 43 second span.

"With two minutes to play I was a little tired,'' Perkins said. "But I wanted to stay in because it was such a crucial time, and just being out there would have made a difference.''

Whitmore and Asjha Jones paced Connecticut with 16 points apiece. Erin Phillips added 13.

"We missed shots down the stretch, the same shots we were making earlier,'' said Jones, who led her team with five rebounds. "They increased their defensive pressure and got some turnovers. (And) they got offensive rebounds, they got five in the fourth quarter alone ... and they got a lot of their points off that.''

Fowles had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Dominique Canty added nine points and five rebounds.

The Sky had their other three-game winning streak in July 2007. Chicago has a winning record for the first time since June 2007 when the team was 6-5.