Associated Press
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Roneeka Hodges scored 20 points, Temeka Johnson had 17 and the Tulsa Shock beat the short-handed Atlanta Dream 84-80 on Tuesday night to snap a 13-game road losing streak.
The Dream played without guard Angel McCoughtry, who was suspended indefinitely before the game by new coach and general manager Fred Williams for breaking an unspecified team rule. McCoughtry is the WNBA’s leading scorer and helped the U.S. women win the gold medal at the London Olympics.
Erika de Souza scored 16 points and Sancho Lyttle had 14 for Atlanta (12-13), which has lost two straight and three of five.
Tulsa, which dropped its last three road games of 2011, improved to 1-10 this season away from home. The Shock (5-19) announced earlier in the day it will be without Elizabeth Cambage for the rest of the season after the No. 2 overall pick in last year’s WNBA draft decided not to play due to fatigue.
Ivory Latta scored 14 points and Glory Johnson finished with 10 for Shock.
MINNESOTA 96
SAN ANTONIO 84, OT
MINNEAPOLIS — Lindsey Whalen scored five of Minnesota’s 10 consecutive points to start the overtime period and the Lynx avoided a rare home loss.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored a season-high 19 points and set a WNBA record by recording her 1,050th offensive rebound in the second period. Rebekkah Brunson set a franchise record and a career high with 20 rebounds to go with 17 points as Western Conference-leading Minnesota pushed the third-place Silver Stars three games back in the standings.
Whalen scored eight of her 15 points in overtime, Seimone Augustus chipped in 19 and Maya Moore scored 14 as the Lynx (20-4) improved to 12-1 at home.
Sophia Young and Jia Perkins led San Antonio with 19 points apiece, while Becky Hammon added 13 and Danielle Robinson scored 10. The Silver Stars (17-7) lost for the second time in three games after winning 12 straight.
SUN 83, SKY 72
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Tina Charles had 24 points and 14 rebounds to help the Sun open a four-game road trip with a victory.
Charles earned her 13th double-double of the season as the Eastern Conference-leading Sun (18-6) improved to 9-2 on the road. Kara Larson had 18 points and Renee Montgomery added 15.
Reserve Courtney Vandersloot scored 17 points to lead five Chicago players in double figures. Swin Cash added 15 points, and Carolyn Swords, Epiphanny Prince and Sonja Petrovic each had 10 for the Sky (9-15).
Chicago has lost 10 of 11. The Sky were without center Sylvia Fowles, the WNBA’s rebounding leader, for the second straight game.
Fowles was absent for personal reasons, according to a team spokesman. The U.S. Olympian leads the WNBA in rebounding (11.4) and is seventh in scoring (17.6 points).
FEVER 83, MYSTICS 68
INDIANAPOLIS — Katie Douglas scored 18 points to lead Indiana to the victory.
Tamika Catchings had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Fever (14-8), who have won five of six since returning from the Olympic break.
Reserve Noelle Quinn had 13 points and five rebounds for the Mystics (5-18), while Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton scored 10 points.
The Fever went on a 10-2 run in the third quarter and led by as many as 14 points over the Mystics, who have lost five of six.