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Columbus Adds To Home Winning Streak

Associated Press

Tonya Edwards scored 18 points and Katie Smith 14 as the Columbus Quest beat the New England Blizzard 68-56 Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio.

Edwards was 4 of 9 from 3-point range while leading the Quest to its ninth straight home victory.

Quest 68, Blizzard 56

Columbus, Ohio

New England (56) - Hodges 3-6 3-4 9, Deden 0-5 0-0 0, Berry 6-10 1-2 13, Jones 8-15 3-5 20, Rizzotti 0-5 5-6 5, Thirdgill 0-0 0-0 0, Tate 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 1-2 0-1 3, Berube 1-1 0-0 2, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Wolters 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 21-47 12-18 56.

Columbus (68) - Lloyd 3-10 4-4 11, Smith 6-10 0-0 14, Still 3-9 2-2 8, Johnson 4-6 2-2 10, Edwards 7-19 0-0 18, Tate 2-5 0-0 5, Davis 0-0 2-2 2, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Roland 0-0 0-0 0, Potthoff 0-3 0-1 0. Totals 25-62 10-11 68.

New England 11 16 19 10 - 56

Columbus 20 20 14 14 - 68 3-Point goals-New England 2-8 (Hill 1-1, Jones 1-3, Berry 0-1, Rizzotti 0-3), Columbus 8-24 (Edwards 4-9, Smith 2-6, Tate 1-2, Lloyd 1-5, Johnson 0-2). Fouled out-Still. Rebounds-New England 39 (Hodges, Rizzotti 7), Columbus 30 (Smith, Still, Johnson, Edwards, Tate 4). Assists-New England 12 (Rizzotti 3), Columbus 19 (Edwards 7). Total fouls- New England 16, Columbus 21. A-3,936.

Xplosion 70, Reign 58

Denver

Edna Campbell scored 18 points and Sylvia Crawley added 16 to lead Colorado to a victory over Seattle.

The Xplosion led 36-25 at halftime after an 11-0 run late in the second quarter. Colorado extended Seattle’s losing streak to eight games.

Seattle (58) - Enis 5-15 9-11 19, Aycock 1-1 0-0 2, Whiting 6-7 3-5 15, Paye 2-7 0-0 6, Starbird 1-5 0-0 2, Orr 0-1 0-0 0, Hedgpeth 0-2 0-0 0, Holmes 2-6 0-0 4, Ndiaye 5-7 0-0 10. Totals 22-51 12-16 58.

Colorado (70) - Crawley 7-9 2-2 16, Robinson 4-9 2-2 11, Phillips 5-12 1-2 11, Black 3-6 4-4 10, Campbell 7-15 2-2 18, Wynne 1-4 0-0 2, Masley 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 0-2 2-2 2, Sheetz 0-1 0-0 0, Howard 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 13-14 70.

Seattle 11 14 12 21 - 58

Colorado 16 20 11 23 - 70

3-Point goals-Seattle 2-6 (Paye 2-5, Starbird 0-1). Colorado 3-9 (Campbell 2-4, Robinson 1-4, Sheetz 0-1). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-Seattle 36 (Whiting 7), Colorado 22 (Philips 7). Assists-Seattle 16 (Whiting, Paye 3), Colorado 20 (Black, Campbell 5). Total fouls-Seattle 14, Colorado 14. A-3,233.

Lasers 84, Rage 72

San Jose, Calif.

Katryna Gaither scored 22 points and San Jose beat Philadelphia for a team-record seventh straight win.

Philadelphia (72) - Sobral 2-13 2-4 6, Goodson 7-15 5-9 19, McWilliams 2-5 0-0 4, Staley 2-7 6-7 11, Aldridge 1-5 3-4 5, Frett 5-10 4-6 14, Marciniak 0-1 0-0 0, Morgan 5-6 0-0 13, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-62 20-30 72.

San Jose (84) - Smith 0-5 1-2 1, Sam 4-15 3-4 13, Gaither 9-13 4-7 22, Azzi 6-11 7-8 19, Holland-Corn 1-8 0-0 3, Byrd 0-0 0-0 0, Kaplan 0-1 0-0 0, Sandie 3-7 0-0 6, Machanguana 6-7 2-2 14, Henning 2-4 0-0 6. Totals 31-71 17-23 84.

Philadelphia 28 15 6 23 - 72

San Jose 18 24 15 27 - 84

3-Point goals-Philadelphia 4-17 (Morgan 3-4, Staley 1-4, Aldridge 0-1, Marciniak 0-1, Sobral 0-7), San Jose 5-13 (Henning 2-3, Sam 2-4, Holland-Corn 1-4, Azzi 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Philadelphia 48 (Goodson 14), San Jose 41 (Sam 11). Assists-Philadelphia 15 (Staley 6), Los Angeles 19 (Azzi 5). Total fouls-Philadelphia 21, San Jose 21. A-3,789.