Associated Press Associated Press ADVERTISING NEWARK, N.J. — Jia Perkins scored 24 points, Becky Hammon had 23 and Sophia Young added 21 and the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the New York Liberty 94-81 Sunday for their seventh straight victory.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Jia Perkins scored 24 points, Becky Hammon had 23 and Sophia Young added 21 and the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the New York Liberty 94-81 Sunday for their seventh straight victory.
Danielle Adams added 10 points for San Antonio (11-5), which has won nine of 10. The Silver Stars shot 55 percent from the field (38 for 69), including 38 percent (11 for 29) on 3-pointers.
Essence Carson scored 25 points to lead New York (6-10), and Cappie Pondexter had 23. Leilani Mitchell and Nicole Powell added 12 points each.
STORM 83, MERCURY 68
SEATTLE — Sue Bird scored 31 points and Seattle earned a win over Phoenix.
Camille Little added 18 and Ewelina Kobryn scored 10 for the Storm (8-9).
DeWanna Bonner led Phoenix (4-13) with 12 points and Alexis Gray-Lawson scored 11.
Bird’s run began in the first quarter when she scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting, outscoring Phoenix 13-12.
SPARKS 79, DREAM 63
LOS ANGELES — Kristi Toliver scored 19 points and Candace Parker had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Los Angeles defeated Atlanta.
The Sparks (13-6) improved to 9-1 at home in their last home game before the Olympic break. They also snapped a six-game losing streak against the Dream and got even for their biggest loss of the season, a 33-point win by Atlanta on June 15.
Sancho Lyttle led the Dream (8-9) with 17 points and Aneika Henry had 13. Atlanta played its second game in as many days without leading scorer and U.S. Olympic team member Angel McCoughtry, who has a sprained left MCL.
SHOCK 78, MYSTICS 62
TULSA, Okla. — Ivory Latta had 18 points to lead a balanced scoring attack and Tulsa used a strong second half and earned a victory over Washington.
The 62 points were the fewest scored by a Shock opponent this season.
Leading 43-40 with 3:30 left in the third quarter, Tulsa (3-13) finished the period on a 14-8 run to match its biggest lead of the game at 57-48.
Riquana Williams opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to push the lead to 60-48 and Washington (3-12) would get no closer than 10 points the rest of the game.
Temeka Johnson had 17 points for the Shock and Glory Johnson added 16.
