Berry Leads Late Run For Blizzard

ABL

Shanda Berry had 26 points and 14 rebounds as the New England Blizzard beat the Colorado Xplosion 82-75 Thursday night in the American Basketball League.

Berry’s three offensive rebounds sparked a game-ending 14-3 run. She made a free throw to cut Colorado’s lead to 72-69 with 2:53 left, then grabbed her own miss and fed Carolyn Jones for a 3-pointer to tie it.

After Crystal Robinson gave the Xplosion the lead, Kara Wolters hit a 3-point play with 2:02 left to put New England ahead to stay.

The win was the fourth straight for the Blizzard (6-4).

Tari Phillips led Colorado (3-5) with 22 points. Vicki Hall scored 17 points.

Blizzard 82, Xplosion 75

Colorado (75) - Hall 7-12 0-1 17, Robinson 2-7 3-4 7, Phillips 10-17 2-4 22, Black 4-11 0-0 10, Campbell 3-10 0-0 7, Crawley 1-2 1-2 3, Wynne 1-3 4-4 6, Anderson 0-2 0-0 0, Howard 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 29-67 10-15 75.

New England (82) - Thirdgill 1-4 2-2 4, Hodges 1-4 6-8 8, Wolters 1-3 3-3 5, Jones 5-10 7-11 18, Rizzotti 4-10 7-9 16, Tate 1-2 0-1 2, Hill 0-1 1-2 1, Berube 0-1 0-0 0, Berry 10-17 6-10 26, Deden 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 24-57 32-46 82.

Colorado 19 24 13 19 - 75

New England 21 22 16 23 - 82

3-Point goals-Colorado 7-23 (Hall 3-5, Black 2-8, Campbell 1-3, Howard 1-3, Robinson 0-4), New England 2-6 (Jones 1-2, Rizzotti 1-4). Fouled out- Campbell. Rebounds-Colorado 44 (Phillips 11), New England 59 (Berry 14). Assists-Colorado 21 (Black 7), New England 13 (Deden 4). Total fouls- Colorado 31, New England 16. Technical-Colorado coach Estes. A-7,180.