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Charlotte Overwhelms Sacramento

Associated Press

WNBA

Andrea Stinson scored 16 points and Vicky Bullett added 14 Thursday night to lead the Charlotte Sting to a 68-51 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs at Charlotte, N.C.

Rhonda Mapp had 12 points for Charlotte (12-10), which won for the ninth time at home. Bullett and Mapp each had nine rebounds.

Ruthie Bolton-Holifield scored 13 points to lead Sacramento (9-15), while Pam McGee and Latasha Byears each had 10. Byears had 11 rebounds.

The Sting shot 56 percent from the field (15 of 27) and held the Monarchs to 10-of-27 shooting (37 percent) to take a 35-23 halftime lead.

The Monarchs cut the lead to 40-34 on a jumper by Bolton-Holifield with 15:24 left, but the Sting went on a 9-2 run over the next 5 minutes to open a 13-point lead.

The Monarchs made one more run, pulling within 53-46 on two free throws by McGee with 3:49 to go. The teams traded baskets over the next minute and a half and the Sting led only 58-51 with 2:11 left.

But Andrea Congreaves hit a 3-pointer, Nicole Levcesque made two free throws and Stinson made two foul shots and a layup over the final 1:38 to put the game out of reach.

The Sting, who finished shooting 45 percent (27 for 60), finished with a 42-24 rebound advantage over the Monarchs, who shot 38 percent for the game (21 for 56).

Sting 68, Monarchs 51

Charlotte, N.C.

Sacramento (51) - Gordon 4-10 1-2 9, Byears 5-11 0-0 10, McGee 2-6 6-11 10, Bolton-Holifield 6-18 0-0 13, Tremitiere 1-4 0-0 3, Abraham 1-1 0-0 2, Yasen 1-5 0-0 2, Graves 0-0 0-0 0, Viglione 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-56 7-13 51.

Charlotte (68) - Bullett 6-11 2-2 14, Congreaves 2-3 2-4 7, Mapp 5-9 1-2 12, Levesque 1-2 2-2 5, Stinson 7-18 2-4 16, Moore 1-8 0-0 2, Suber 2-4 0-0 5, Manning 3-5 1-1 7. Totals 27-60 10-15 68.

Halftime-Cha 35, Sac 23. 3-Point goals-Sac 2-10 (Tremitiere 1-3, Bolton-Holifield 1-6, Byears 0-1), Cha 4-11 (Congreaves 1-1, Mapp 1-1, Levesque 1-1, Suber 1-3, Moore 0-2, Stinson 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Sac 31 (Byears 11), Cha 48 (Bullett, Mapp 9). Assists-Sac 11 (McGee 3), Cha 20 (Mapp 5). Total fouls-Sac 16, Cha 17. A-6,045.

Mercury 61, Rockers 55

Phoenix

Jennifer Gillom scored six of her game-high 19 points during a late run as Phoenix defeated Cleveland.

Cleveland (12-12) took only 44 shots from the field and only three from 3-point range, both season lows for a Mercury opponent.

Cleveland (55) - Nemcova 2-9 2-3 7, Brown 2-5 3-4 7, Fijalkowski 4-7 3-3 11, Edwards 1-6 8-12 10, Woodard 1-4 0-0 2, Jones 5-9 3-4 14, Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Boucek 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-44 19-26 55.

Phoenix (61) - Foster 1-3 1-2 3, Hagiwara 1-5 0-0 2, Gillom 7-14 5-6 19, Pettis 1-4 2-2 4, Timms 3-15 5-8 14, Askamp 2-6 0-0 4, Webb 0-3 0-2 0, Jackson 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 3-7 0-0 9, Lieberman-Cline 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-61 13-20 61.

Halftime-Phoenix 32, Cleveland 30. 3-Point goals-Cleveland 2-3, (Jones 1-1, Nemcova 1-2), Phoenix 6-20, (Williams 3-4, Timms 3-9, Foster 0-1, Hagiwara 0-1, Gillom 0-1, Webb 0-1, Pettis 0-3). Fouled out-Fijalkowski, Edwards. Rebounds-Cleveland 41 (Nemcova, Brown 8), Phoenix 40 (Foster, Timms 7). Assists- Cleveland 13 (Edwards 7), Phoenix 15 (Timms 6). Total fouls- Cleveland 22, Phoenix 22. Technicals-Phoenix coach Miller. A-11,818.