Lovelace Leads Glory Past Rage

ABL

Stacey Lovelace scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds Friday to lead the host Atlanta Glory to an 88-75 victory over the Philadelphia Rage.

Rookie center Tracy Henderson scored a career-high 24 points and added 10 rebounds and player-coach Teresa Edwards scored 17 and had 13 assists for the Glory, who won for the sixth time in seven games.

Philadelphia (73) - Frett 4-7 1-2 9, Goodson 7-14 4-5 18, McWilliams 4-8 5-8 13, Marciniak 1-6 0-0 2, Staley 2-9 2-3 7, Sobral 3-7 0-0 8, Morgan 2-4 2-2 7, Aldridge 3-6 0-1 7, Mallon 0-0 0-1 0, Campbell 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-63 14-22 73.

Atlanta (88) - McClain 1-7 0-0 2, Lovelace 10-17 5-7 25, Henderson 11-18 2-2 24, Edwards 7-11 0-0 17, Vidic 1-2 2-2 4, McCrimmon 2-3 0-0 4, Freeman 1-1 0-0 2, Boswell 3-7 0-0 8, Cherubini 0-0 2-2 2, Conklin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-66 11-13 88.

Philadelphia 15 17 18 23 - 73

Atlanta 25 15 24 24 - 88

3-Point goals-Philadelphia 5-16 (Sobral 2-4, Aldridge 1-2, Morgan 1-2, Staley 1-4, McWilliams 0-1, Marciniak 0-3), Atlanta 5-8 (Edwards 3-6, Boswell 2-2). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-Philadelphia 26 (Goodson 7), Atlanta 47 (Lovelace 11). Assists- Philadelphia 11 (Staley 9), Atlanta 19 (Edwards 13). Total fouls-Philadelphia 12, Atlanta 18. A-3,575.

Power 86, Blizzard 83

At Portland

Natalie Williams scored 28 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Portland overcame a late rally by New England and broke a three-game losing streak.

Williams hit two free throws to give Portland an 84-77 lead with 33.8 seconds remaining, but baskets by Carla Berube and Carolyn Jones, who led the Blizzard with 20 points, cut the lead to 84-81 with 19 seconds left. Jennifer Rizzotti hit two free throws to cut the lead to one with 9.3 seconds left.

New England (83) - Hodges 4-6 4-4 12, Deden 0-3 0-0 0, Wolters 6-11 0-1 12, Jones 7-13 6-7 20, Rizzotti 5-13 5-7 16, Thirdgill 0-2 0-0 0, Tate 2-6 0-0 4, Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Berube 4-4 3-3 11, Berry 3-3 2-4 8. Totals 31-61 20-26 83.

Portland (86) - Steding 5-8 4-5 18, Milton 4-5 5-9 13, Williams 10-17 8-10 28, Powell 5-9 2-3 14, Harrison 4-9 1-5 9, Wright 1-3 2-2 4, Frost 0-0 0-0 0, Boodenbour 0-0 0-0 0, Ford 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-52 22-34 86.

New England 20 25 18 20 - 83

Portland 20 25 24 17 - 86

3-Point goals-New England 1-8 (Rizzotti 1-6, Deden 0-1, Jones 0-1), Portland 6-9 (Steding 4-4, Powell 2-3, Harrison 0-1, Wright 0-1). Fouled out-Wolters. Rebounds-New England 32 (Hodges, Deden, Berry 5), Portland 36 (Williams 17). Assists-New England 18 (Rizzotti 5), Portland 21 (Wright 6). Total fouls-New England 31, Portland 22.