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Colorado Can’t Stop The Reign In Seattle

Associated Press

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Stanford alumni Kate Starbird and Val Whiting each scored 16 points to lead the Seattle Reign to a 79-62 home-opener victory over the Colorado Xplosion Sunday night.

Starbird’s layin and foul shot with 1:24 left in the second quarter put the Reign ahead for good at 34-33.

Seattle used an 8-0 run in the third quarter to put the game away. Angela Aycock and Shalonda Enis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 58-48. Kate Paye, another Stanford product, then made a steal and fed Whiting for a layin to complete the run.

Reign 79, Xplosion 62

Seattle

Colorado (62) - Hall 8-15 1-4 17, Robinson 0-6 0-0 0, Phillips 9-12 0-3 18, Black 1-6 2-3 4, Campbell 3-13 2-3 8, Crawley 0-0 0-0 0, Wynne 2-2 1-2 5, Masley 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 1-2 0-1 2, Sheetz 1-1 0-0 2, Howard 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 27-62 6-16 62.

Seattle (79) - Enis 5-12 2-2 14, Aycock 3-7 2-2 10, Whiting 6-12 4-6 16, Paye 2-7 5-6 9, Starbird 6-12 4-5 16, Orr 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 1-5 1-2 3, Holmes 3-4 5-8 11. Totals 26-59 23-31 79.

Halftime-Seattle 39, Colorado 35. 3-Point goals-Colorado 2-17, (Howard 2-5, Hall 0-2, Black 0-2, Campbell 0-3, Robinson 0-5), Seattle 4-13, (Enis 2-3, Aycock 2-5, Starbird 0-2, Paye 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Colorado 44 (Phillips 11), Seattle 46 (Enis, Aycock, Smith, Holmes 5). Assists-Colorado 14 (Robinson 6), New England 16 (Starbird 6). Total fouls-Colorado 25, Seattle 19. A-NA.

Quest 91, Blizzard 71

Springfield, Mass.

Katie Smith scored 22 points and former Moscow High standout Andrea Lloyd added 16 as Columbus beat New England.

Columbus, the defending ABL champion, opened the fourth quarter with a 16-4 run, with Jannon Roland making two of her four 3-pointers during the game-winning outburst. Lloyd also had four 3-pointers.

Columbus scored 39 points in the fourth quarter, tying the league record the Quest set on Dec. 10, 1996.

Columbus (91) - Llyod 5-6 2-2 16, Smith 6-13 9-10 22, Still 5-12 1-3 12, Johnson 1-8 2-4 4, Edwards 5-10 0-0 11, Tate 1-4 0-0 2, Roland 5-8 0-1 14, Potthoff 3-5 3-6 10.

New England (71) - Hodges 4-5 1-1 9, Jones 3-11 7-7 14, Deden 1-2 0-0 2, Rizzotti 5-11 3-5 16, Hill 5-11 4-4 14, Tate 0-1 4-6 4, Berube 0-3 0-0 0, Berry 2-4 3-5 7, Wolters 2-3 1-2 5.

Halftime-New England 36, Columbus 32. 3-Point goals- Columbus 12-29 (Lloyd 4-5, Smith 1-5, Still 1-3, Johnson 0-5, Edwards 1-3, Tate 0-1, Roland 4-6, Potthoff 1-1), New England 4-8 (Jones 1-2, Rizzotti 3-5, Hill 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- Columbus 42 (Still 7, Johnson 7), New England 4 (Hodges 7). Assists-Columbus 17 (Johnson 9), New England 14 (Rizzotti 7). Total fouls-Columbus 23, New England 20. A-3,802.

Rage 107, Glory 80

Philadelphia

Adrienne Goodson scored 24 points and Dawn Staley added 20 points and 12 assists as Philadelphia routed Atlanta in the Rage’s opener at its new home.

Staley was 4 for 5 from 3-point range in her first pro game in her hometown.

Atlanta (80) - McClain 4-5 6-8 14, Lovelace 1-10 0-2 2, Henderson 8-11 1-3 17, Edwards 10-26 10-11 34, Johnson 1-4 0-0 3, Vidic 1-1 2-2 4, Malcolm 1-1 0-0 2, Freeman 0-0 0-0 0, Cherubini 0-0 0-0 0, Conklin 0-2 4-4 4. Totals 26-60 23-30 80.

Philadelphia (107) - Frett 4-10 0-0 8, Goodson 9-16 6-8 24, McWilliams 5-11 0-0 10, Marciniak 5-5 4-5 16, Staley 6-12 4-4 20, Sobral 3-9 2-2 9, Morgan 5-10 0-0 14, Aldridge 1-1 0-0 2, Mallon 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 1-4 2-3 4. Totals 39-78 18-22 107.

Halftime-Philadelphia 50, Atlanta 36. 3-Point goals-Atlanta 5-16 (Edwards 4-13, Johnson 1-1, Lovelace 0-1, Conklin 0-1), Philadelphia 11-20 (Morgan 4-8, Staley 4-5, Marciniak 2-2, Sobral 1-4, Goodson 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Atlanta 35 (McClain 9), Philadelphia 41 (13). Assists-Atlanta 13 (Edwards 4, Johnson 4), Philadelphia 25 (Staley 12). Total fouls-Atlanta 21, Philadelphia 23. A-5,312.

Power 82, Lasers 66

San Jose, Calif.

Natalie Williams had 19 points and nine rebounds as Portland beat San Jose to improve to 2-0.

Sheri Sam’s 3-pointer with 2:42 left in the game capped a 26-13 run that brought the Lasers (1-2) within 10 points at 73-63.

Portland (82) - Steding 7-14 1-2 17, Milton 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 5-10 9-13 19, Powell 4-9 0-0 8, Wright 5-10 3-4 16, Goodenbour 2-3 0-0 6, Harrison 0-2 0-0 0, Ford 5-8 2-3 12. Totals 30-60 15-22 82.

San Jose (66) - Smith 3-5 1-1 7, Sam 7-14 3-4 18, Gaither 3-4 0-0 6, Azzi 6-15 2-2 15, Henning 2-8 0-0 4, Kaplan 3-6 4-5 10, Sandie 0-0 0-0 0, Hollan-Corn 1-2 0-1 3, Machanguana 0-3 1-4 1, Bradley 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 26-59 11-17 66.

Halftime-Portland 36, San Jose 31. 3-Point goals-Portland 7-17 (Wright 3-6, Goodenbour 2-2, Steding 2-6, Powell 0-3), San Jose 3-11 (Hollan-Corn 1-1, Sam 1-2, Azzi 1-4, Smith 0-1, Bradley 0-1, Henning 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Portland 37 (Williams, Powell 9), San Jose 38 (Sam 9). Assists-Portland 20 (Powell 6), San Jose 13 (Azzi 4). Total fouls-Portland 21, San Jose 18. A-3,406.