Women's Hoops Blog

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Quick hits from yesterday's action:

The Silver Stars overcame an early problem with turnovers to emerge victorious over the Sky. Sophia Young and Candice Dupree both scored 20 points for their teams, but Young got a little more help. You can watch post game interviews with Dan Hughes and some of his players on the team's Web site.

Sacramento continued to be on a roll as they won their sixth in a row, this time over the Mercury. As usual, the Monarchs received balanced scoring with Rebekkah Brunson leading the way with 18.

Minnesota came back to defeat Indiana in overtime, but lost two of their rookies to injuries. Candice Wiggins went down hard in the first quarter and has a deep bruise in her lower back. Charde Houston hurt her knee in the fourth quarter. Both had to use wheelchairs to get off the court and neither are expected to play tonight. Seimone Augustus finished with 25 points as the Lynx went 31-36 from the line.

In one of the games impacted by the suspensions, Lindsay Whalen put on a show and the Sun pulled away for a big win over the Sparks. L.A. used all eight of the available players they had and had a balanced attack, but it was not enough.

In the other suspension impacted game, Nancy Lieberman suited up for the Shock, but the Comets won the game. Houston trailed until a big run in the third quarter gave them the lead for good. Roneeka Hodges had six three pointers to lead the Comets.