Power Hand Reign Fifth Straight Defeat

Natalie Williams scored 24 points to lead the Portland Power to a 65-56 win over the Seattle Reign on Saturday night in Portland.

Lisa Harrison added 10 points and Katy Steding contributed eight as the Power handed the Reign their fifth straight defeat.

Shalonda Enis led Seattle with 18 points in the debut of head coach Tammy Holder.

Portland held Seattle to .351 (20 of 57) shooting from the field.

Seattle’s Val Whiting, who had been scoring 15.1 points per game, was held to four points.

Blizzard 78, Rage 71 Springfield, Mass.

Carolyn Jones made 10 of 15 shots and scored a game-high 24 points to lead New England over Philadelphia.

Kara Wolters and Dale Hodges each had 14 points and 10 rebounds for New England.

Taj McWilliams had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (71) - Frett 4-9 0-2 8, Goodson 7-13 4-5 18, McWilliams 6-11 4-5 16, Marciniak 1-3 4-6 6, Staley 3-11 1-2 9, Sobral 2-6 5-6 11, Morgan 1-4 0-0 3, Aldridge 0-1 0-1 0, Mallon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 18-27 71.

New England (78) - Hodges 4-10 6-6 14, Deden 3-8 0-0 6, Wolters 6-11 2-3 14, Jones 10-15 3-4 24, Rizzotti 4-10 2-3 10, Thirdgill 0-0 0-0 0, Tate 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 1-2 0-0 2, Berube 0-0 0-0 0, Berry 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 32-63 13-16 78.

Philadelphia 16 22 14 19 - 71

New England 18 18 21 21 - 78

3-Point goals-Philadelphia 5-20, (Sobral 2-5, Staley 2-8, Morgan 1-4, Frett 0-1, Marciniak 0-2), New England 1-6, (Jones 1-2, Hill 0-1, Rizzotti 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Philadelphia 28 (McWilliams 10), New England 44 (Hodges, Wolters 10). Assists-Philadelphia 17 (Staley 9), New England 19 (Rizzotti 7). Total fouls- Philadelphia 19, New England 21. A-4,939.