Sun snap Storm’s streak

SEATTLE – Asijha Jones scored 15 points, Barbara Turner and Lindsay Whalen had 13 each, and the Connecticut Sun snapped Seattle’s 10-game home winning streak with a 74-67 win over the Storm on Monday night.

Lauren Jackson led Seattle (7-6) with 26 points. Sue Bird had 13 points and five assists. The Storm had won their first six home games this season and a record-tying 10 in a row over the last two years.

The Sun (9-2) led 57-50 early in the fourth quarter before the Storm rallied to go ahead 65-63 on a basket by Sheryl Swoopes with 2:20 left.

Turner responded with a 3-pointer just before the shot clock expired to give the Sun a 66-65 lead with 1:15 remaining. Jackson answered with two free throws before Jones scored an inside basket to make it 68-67 with 42 seconds left.

After Jackson missed a 3-pointer, Whalen made two free throws to push the lead to 70-67 with 27.8 seconds left. Swoopes then missed a 3-pointer and Whalen hit two more free throws to extend the lead to five. The Sun’s Tamika Whitmore then tossed in two free throws to end the game.

The Sun had a five-game winning streak snapped Friday at Los Angeles.

The Storm led by as many as 11 points early in the second quarter. But the Sun used a 22-10 run to lead 37-36 at halftime.