The Shock beat the Comets in preseason play in Lubbock; ex-Texas Tech stars Pierson and Erin Grant, who had something to prove, shone alongside Sheryl Swoopes, who didn't.

Swoopes loved the crowd, led a late rally, and left the game with ice on her back. "The only bad thing was we didn't win," she said. In an earlier interview, Her Majesty thanked West Texas fans for sticking with her after she came out.

Grant is-- like Bowen-- an undersized guard who got cut in preseason last year, then went overseas. Coach Thompson says Grant has a "very good" chance of becoming a Comet now.