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Witherspoon’s 24 Propel Liberty

Associated Press

WNBA

Sophia Witherspoon had a season-high 24 points Saturday as the New York Liberty topped visiting Los Angeles 69-57.

Before 16,236 fans, the second-largest crowd in six games at Madison Square Garden, the Liberty got 11 points each from Rebecca Lobo and Kym Hampton.

Liberty 69, Sparks 57 At New York

Los Angeles (57) - Burge 1-2 3-4 5, Burgess 3-6 0-0 6, Leslie 6-15 0-2 12, Wideman 0-4 0-0 0, Toler 5-9 2-3 14, Dixon 5-8 0-0 10, Haixia 1-7 0-0 2, Colleton 3-8 0-0 6, Mabika 1-5 0-0 2, Charles 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-64 5-9 57.

New York (69) - Lobo 4-11 3-4 11, Johnson 2-7 0-1 4, Hampton 3-7 5-8 11, Weatherspoon 3-8 0-0 6, Witherspoon 7-12 7-8 24, Ford 0-4 2-2 2, Trice 3-4 0-0 6, Blades 2-4 0-0 5, Wicks 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 17-23 69.

Halftime: New York 36, Los Angeles 27. 3-Point goals-Los Angeles 2-9 (Toler 2-2, Leslie 0-2, Colleton 0-2, Mabika 0-3), New York 4-8 (Witherspoon 3-4, Blades 1-2, Lobo 0-1, Ford 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Los Angeles 41 (Burgess 6), New York 42 (Hampton 9). Assists-Los Angeles 14 (Wideman 4), New York 15 (Lobo 5). Total fouls-Los Angeles 21, New York 16. Technical- Blades. A-16,236.

Rockers 95, Starzz 68 Cleveland

Janice Braxton scored 19 points as Cleveland beat Utah.

Utah (68) - Hardmon 1-7 0-0 2, Palmer 3-16 4-4 11, Baranova 9-14 2-2 25, Reiss 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 7-12 3-3 17, Head 0-0 1-2 1, Hicks 1-5 0-0 2, Booker 0-1 2-2 2, Carter 0-1 0-0 0, Scott 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 25-66 12-13 68.

Cleveland (95) - Nemcova 7-11 0-1 15, Braxton 5-13 9-10 19, Fijalkowski 5-8 3-4 13, Nicholson 2-4 0-0 5, Woodard 6-10 1-1 13, Edwards 1-3 2-4 4, Jones 3-3 3-4 9, Brown 2-3 2-2 6, Johnson 5-5 0-0 11, Maxwell 0-3 0-2 0. Totals 36-63 20-28 95.

Halftime: Cleveland 46, Utah 28. 3-Point goals-Utah 6-14 (Baranova 5-9, Palmer 1-2, Hicks 0-1, Reiss 0-2), Cleveland 3-9 (Johnson 1-1, Nicholson 1-3, Nemcova 1-4, Edwards 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Utah 29 (Baranova 7), Cleveland 48 (Woodard 11). Assists-Utah 15 (Baranova, Williams 4), Cleveland 28 (Nicholson, Woodard 6). Total fouls-Utah 25, Cleveland 12. A-6,485.