New-Age Stats?!?

The first half statistics for Friday’s Storm/Fever game had me puzzled: how does one evaluate 56% vs. 49&? Everyone should know that 56% is a user-friendly presentation of the decimal number 0.56, but what does ampersand represent? Percentage represented in base-16? Key to a lookup table? Another AI hallucination?

Regardless, the 59-56 halftime score turned into a back-and-forth affair with Caitlin Clark‘s three-pointer in the final minute to take the lead. I watched until the third-quarter when the Storm‘s Awa Fam went off and put the Fever in a big hole. Thought the game was decided. Oops.