Nykesha Sales reached a milestone last night. She became the ninth player in league history to score 3,000 points. Sealing her admission to the elite group was a basket that put it away for the Sun in a 70-66 victory over Western Conference leader Sacramento in Uncasville.

With around two minutes to play, Taj McWilliams-Franklin was trapped after a defensive rebound near the basket. McWilliams-Franklin rolled the ball between a defender's legs to Lindsay Whalen, who pushed it ahead to Sales for the clinching basket.

That Sales achievement came in a match between conference leading teams and extended the Sun's unbeaten streak at Mohegan sweetened it for the fans. Sales shrugged it off. "It happens with hard work, hard work in the offseason," she said. "I think it is a great accomplishment, but I'm more worried about winning games."

The Sun's Media Relations Manager, Bill Taverns, was dropping hints to Sales before the game. "I told Bill not to tell me," Sales said. "He said that I was coming up on a milestone and I stopped him in his tracks. I told him I didn't want to know what it was because I want to stay focused on what we're doing and the goals were achieving."

Sales focus contributed to a game-high 19 points, including the 3000th career point that put her name in the books.

Connecticut (11-2) continues to roll, earning victories the hard way. Last night's win was the Sun's second victory in four days over the Monarchs (9-4). Head coach Mike Thibault told his players, "At the risk of offending my dentist, going to play (Sacramento) is like going to the dentist. It has to be done, but you don't love doing it all of the time."

The Sun have won nine of ten against Western Conference teams, and will play just three more contests against West teams in its next twenty games. But Thibault's team won't be waiting long for its next visit from the dentist. Katie Smith and company come calling Thursday night.