Elaine Powell was re-signed by Detroit yesterday. (Did she ever really leave?)

A strange sequence of events, no? She gets taken in the expansion draft, only to be cut and returned to her former team... What the hell is going on here?

Here's a hint: watch for a make-up trade between the Shock and Sky sometime next offseason.

EP played one minute last night as Detroit took out the road-weary Monarchs. Cheryl Ford pounded the champs (and also Swin Cash) inside: 24 points on 10 for 13, plus 11 boards.

"She was the same Mailman's daughter as she always is," coach Whisenant said. "She gets a lot of rebounds, and she puts them back. Everything she touches, she hangs onto."

Detroit clinched a playoff berth with the victory.