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Mercury Roll Over Liberty

Associated Press

WNBA

Rebecca Lobo’s personal winning streak ended at 102 games Monday night as the Phoenix Mercury routed the visiting New York Liberty 69-50 in a Women’s National Basketball Association game.

Bridget Pettis scored 20 of her 25 points in the second half for the Mercury (4-2) before a crowd of 13,731 at the America West Arena.

Vickie Johnson led the Liberty (8-1) with 11 points, while Lobo had eight.

Mercury 69, Liberty 50

At Phoenix

NEW YORK (50) - Ford 3-7 0-0 6, Lobo 4-11 0-0 8, Hampton 2-6 3-6 7, Weatherspoon 1-2 0-2 2, Witherspoon 1-12 3-4 5, Johnson 5-11 1-2 11, Trice 0-3 5-6 5, Wicks 2-8 0-1 4, Blades 0-2 0-0 0, Perazic-Gipe 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 19-64 12-21 50.

PHOENIX (69) - Foster 2-9 5-6 9, Webb 1-5 1-4 3, Gillom 6-17 2-2 14, Pettis 7-13 8-9 25, Timms 3-9 5-8 11, Ambers 0-1 1-2 1, Askamp 1-8 0-0 2, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Lieberman-Cline 1-4 2-2 4, Tuter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-67 24-33 69.

3-Point goals-New York 0-17 (Hampton 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Trice 0-1, Wicks 0-1, Perazic-Gipe 0-1, Blades 0-2, Ford 0-2, Lobo 0-3, Witherspoon 0-5), Phoenix 3-9 (Pettis 3-6, Gillom 0-1, Timms 0-1, Lieberman-Cline 0-1). Fouled out-Ford. Rebounds-New York 47 (Witherspoon 6), Phoenix 62 (Gillom 13). Assists-New York 13 (Weatherspoon 5), Phoenix 20 (Timms 9). Total fouls-New York 26, Phoenix 16. Technicals-Lobo. A-13,731.

Comets 74, Sting 56

At Houston

Cynthia Cooper scored 21 points and Tina Thompson added 15 points and nine rebounds as Houston beat Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE (56) - Bullett 4-11 0-0 8, Moore 3-5 2-2 8, Mapp 0-2 0-0 0, Stinson 6-12 1-2 13, Suber 1-8 2-4 4, Manning 3-4 3-6 9, Levesque 0-3 0-0 0, Congreaves 3-5 2-2 9, Williams 1-7 0-0 3, Artis 0-0 2-4 2. Totals 21-57 12-20 56.

HOUSTON (74) - Harris 1-11 1-2 3, Thompson 5-10 3-3 15, Guyton 3-6 0-0 6, Perrot 3-5 0-1 8, Cooper 6-13 7-7 21, Arcain 6-11 0-0 13, Jackson 1-3 0-0 2, Woosley 0-1 0-2 0, Gay 1-1 0-1 2, Pollini 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 28-63 11-16 74.

Halftime-Houston 31, Charlotte 26. 3-Point goals-Charlotte 2-12 (Congreaves 1-1, Williams 1-4, Stinson 0-1, Suber 0-3, Lavesque 0-3), Houston 7-17 (Perrot 2-3, Thompson 2-3, Cooper 2-4, Arcain 1-1, Woosley 0-1, Harris 0-5). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-Charlotte 40 (Bullett 10), Houston 44 (Thompson 9). Assists- Charlotte 9 (Suber, Levesque 3), Houston 16 (Cooper 6). Total fouls-Charlotte 18, Houston 19. A-5,933.

Monarchs 79, Starzz 69

At Salt Lake City

Ruthie Bolton-Holifield scored 22 points as Sacramento beat Utah.

SACRAMENTO (69) - Mosley-McAfee 4-9 2-2 10, Gordon 4-11 1-2 10, Abraham 4-8 0-0 8, Tremitiere 2-6 2-4 6, BoltonHolifield 8-18 3-4 22, Hagiwara 4-5 0-0 9, McGee 5-7 2-2 12, Byears 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 32-67 10-14 79.

UTAH (79) - Palmer 8-19 4-4 20, Booker 0-5 2-2 2, Baranova 4-13 1-1 9, Head 1-3 0-0 2, Reiss 4-8 2-2 11, Hardmon 2-7 2-2 6, Williams 4-10 0-0 9, Carter 3-7 0-0 6, Hicks 2-3 0-0 4, Scott 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-75 11-11 69.

Halftime-Sacramento 37, Utah 30. 3-Point goals-Sacramento 5-15, (Bolton-Holifield 3-8, Hagiwara 1-2, Gordon 1-3, Tremitiere 0-1, McGee 0-1), Utah 2-15, (Reiss 1-4, Williams 1-4, Palmer 0-1, Booker 0-1, Baranova 0-1, Head 0-2, Carter 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- Sacramento 51 (Mosley-McAfee, Gordon, Tremitiere, Bolton-Holifield 7), Utah 35 (Palmer 6). Assists-Sacramento 22 (Tremitiere 12), Utah 19 (Hardmon 5). Total fouls-Sacramento 15, Utah 20. A-5,783 (19,911).

Rockers 81, Sparks 70

At Inglewood, Calif.

Janice Braxton and Lynette Woodard each scored 20 points as Cleveland ended a four-game losing streak with a victory over Los Angeles.

CLEVELAND (81) - Braxton 7-12 6-7 20, Nemcova 6-8 0-0 14, Fijalkowski 5-6 2-3 12, Nicholson 1-12 0-0 2, Woodard 6-11 8-12 20, Jones 3-12 2-2 9, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Alberts 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-55 18-24 81.

LOS ANGELES (70) - Haixia 2-6 0-0 4, Mabika 4-11 0-0 9, Leslie 8-17 5-9 22, Toler 6-17 1-1 13, Wideman 1-6 0-0 3, Burge 2-3 0-0 4, Colleton 2-4 2-2 7, Burgess 3-6 0-0 6, Charles 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 29-73 8-12 70.

3-Point goals-Cleveland 3-4, (Nemcova 2-2, Jones 1-1, Nicholson 0-1)., Los Angeles 4-13, (Colleton 1-1, Wideman 1-3, Leslie 1-3, Mabika 1-5, Toler 0-1). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-Cleveland 33 (Woodard 10), Los Angeles 38 (Leslie 9). Assists- Cleveland 20 (Woodard 6), Los Angeles 25 (Wideman 8). Total fouls-Cleveland 14, Los Angeles 22. A-5,987.