Mone, Syl, Marie, Meek and Sho shine in big weekend in WNBA
Starting back to Thursday the Los Angeles Sparks defeated Tulsah 86-83 with Marie Ferdinand-Harris hitting 2 of 3 behind the 3-point arc. The Shock were lead by Scholanda Robinson who poured in 19 points.
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On Friday, the Chicago Sky lost a tough one to the New York Liberty but not because of the effort of Sylvia Fowles. Big Syl registered yet another double-double with 12 points and 16 43bounds to go long with 4 blocked shots.
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Yesterday, LA registered another win as the Sparks hit 15 three-pointers in the game. Part of the credit for the long-range success belongs to Marie who again hit 2 of 3 behind the act as LA defeated Connecticut 89-80.
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Sylvia Fowles scored 23 points and the Chicago Sky overcame an eight-point deficit in the final 3:10 to beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 75-72 on Saturday night. The Sky have won four of their last five. Roneeka Hodges scored 13 points to lead the Silver Stars (8-14). Hodges missed a potential tying 3 and Fowles grabbed the rebound as time expired.
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Despite a season-high 36 points from Seimone Augustus, the Phoenix Mercury set the WNBA scoring record with a 127-124 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Saturday night. In one of the most exciting games of the season, the Mercury, lead by Temeka Johnson among others, rallied from 14 points down in the 4th quarter.
Augustus scored 15 points in the third quarter to key a Minnesota rush after Phoenix got within four points early in the second half.
A pair of long jumpers by Augustus sandwiched around one of her five 3-pointers gave the Lynx a 79-66 lead. After Phoenix scored six straight, Augustus hit another long jumper to put Minnesota up nine.
Augustus scored seven of Minnesota's points during a 13-4 run for a 45-28 lead midway through the second quarter. Phoenix used a 10-2 run to pull to 54-47 at halftime.
Meek scored 7 points and added a game high 9 assists including a key long pass to start the Mercury comeback.
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