Women's Hoops Blog

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Sunday, August 13, 2006

Without playoff hopes after Houston's afternoon win, the Mercury fought hard in San Antonio anyway, defeating the Stars by two points before 10K fans. Diana scored 26, the still-underrated Kelly Miller 20, Feenstra and Pee Wee Johnson 24 each.

The disappointed Merc now have six wins in a row. If not for the season-opening string of losses, when Penny Taylor wasn't there, everyone else was still adjusting to Paul Ball, and Paul was still learning the women's game, the Merc would certainly have a playoff berth now.

Both teams, with good reason, expect berths next year. Pee Wee: "I've been here three years, and every year is a plus. We are moving in the right direction, and I'm just glad to be a part of that."