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Sting Remain Perfect At Home, Winless Away

Associated Press

WNBA

Andrea Stinson scored 23 points and Vicky Bullett added 17 to lead the Charlotte Sting to a 75-64 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in WNBA action Monday night in Charlotte, N.C.

The Sting (6-6) remained unbeaten in six home games.

Lisa Leslie scored 18 points for Los Angeles (5-9) and Penny Toler added 15.

Neither team led by more than three points in the first half and they went into halftime tied 33-33.

Tamecka Dixon of the Sparks hit a 3-pointer with 14:01 left to tie it 43-43, but Stinson answered with a 3-pointer with 13:33 remaining to put Charlotte ahead for good.

Stinson, who also had eight assists, hit a 10-foot jumper on Charlotte’s next possession for a 48-43 lead with 13:15 left. Mwadi Mabika made a short jumper 30 seconds later to trim the deficit to three, but the Sparks could get no closer.

Nicole Levesque’s two free throws gave Charlotte its biggest lead, 66-55 with 3:25 left. The Sparks mounted an 8-2 run during the next 2 minutes to cut the deficit to five with 1:39 remaining, but Bullett made a free throw, Penny Moore added two free throws and Stinson hit a 3-pointer to put the game away.

Sting 75, Sparks 64

At Charlotte

Los Angeles (64) - Burgess 0-2 0-0 0, Burge 1-1 4-4 6, Leslie 6-15 6-11 18, Wideman 0-2 2-2 2, Toler 6-17 3-4 15, Colleton 2-6 2-2 7, Dixon 2-8 2-2 8, Charles 1-1 0-0 2, Haixia 0-1 0-2 0, Mabika 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 21-59 19-27 64.

Charlotte (75) - Bullett 6-11 3-3 17, Congreaves 2-2 0-0 5, Mapp 2-7 5-6 9, Levesque 1-5 2-2 5, Stinson 8-16 4-6 23, Suber 1-4 2-2 5, Manning 1-2 0-0 2, Moore 4-7 1-2 9. Totals 25-54 17-21 75.

Los Angeles 33 31 - 64

Charlotte 33 42 - 75

3-Point goals-Los Angeles 3-13 (Dixon 2-5, Colleton 1-2, Toler 0-1, Leslie 0-1, Wideman 0-2, Mabika 0-2), Charlotte 8-17 (Stinson 3-5, Bullett 2-4, Congreaves 1-1, Suber 1-2, Levesque 1-5). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Los Angeles 40 (Toler 8), Charlotte 39 (Mapp 11). Assists-Los Angeles 13 (Leslie, Toler 4), Charlotte 20 (Stinson 8). Total fouls-Los Angeles 20, Charlotte 20. Technical-Los Angeles delay of game. A-6,336 (24,042).

Mercury 70, Monarchs 57

At Sacramento, Calif.

Jennifer Gillom scored 19 points to lead Phoenix to its third consecutive victory.

Toni Foster had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Phoenix (8-3), which has won six of its last seven games.

Latasha Byears scored 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting and added a WNBA-record 17 rebounds for the Monarchs (5-8), who led 23-21 at halftime.

Phoenix (70) - Webb 4-7 1-1 9, Foster 7-12 1-3 15, Gillom 6-11 6-7 19, Pettis 4-8 5-5 13, Timms 1-9 6-7 8, Jackson 0-1 1-2 1, Lieberman-Cline 0-1 0-0 0, Askamp 2-6 1-2 5, Ambers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-55 21-27 70.

Sacramento (57) - Gordon 4-12 2-3 10, Byears 9-12 3-4 21, Abraham 6-11 1-6 13, Angel 0-2 0-0 0, Tremitiere 2-7 1-1 5, Clark 0-2 0-0 0, Savasta 3-9 0-0 6, Graves 1-2 0-0 2, Hagiwara 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 7-14 57.

Phoenix 21 49 - 70

Sacramento 23 34 - 57

3-point goals-Phoenix 1-12 (Gillom 1-3, Pettis 0-1, Lieberman-Cline 0-1, Webb 0-2, Timms 0-5), Sacramento 0-12 (Angel 0-1, Hagiwara 0-1, Gordon 0-3, Savasta 0-3, Tremitiere 0-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Phoenix 35 (Foster 11), Sacramento 42 (Byears 17). Assists-Phoenix 17 (Timms 7), Sacramento 15 (Tremitiere 6). Total fouls- Phoenix 18, Sacramento 23. A-5,913 (17,317).