Reign Fall In Seattle

Sun., Nov. 9, 1997

Associated Press

Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil scored 21 points and Yolanda Griffith added 20 as the Long Beach Stingrays defeated the Seattle Reign 83-75 in an American Basketball League game Saturday.

Andrea Nagy hit a 3-pointer to give Long Beach (6-4) its biggest lead, 65-52, with 7:02 left in the game.

Backed by the 6-for-6 free-throw shooting of Shalonda Enis, the Reign (3-8) cut the lead to 71-67 with 1:59 left, but Long Beach’s Beverly Williams and Davis-Whitsil countered with their own free throws to pad the lead.

Williams was 7 for 7 at the line and Davis-Wrightsil went 5 for 5.

Kate Starbird paced the Reign with 22 points, while Enis and Val Whiting each had 16.

Stingrays 83, Reign 75

Long Beach (83) - Griffith 9-10 2-2 20, Bauer 1-4 2-3 4, Lacy 1-5 0-0 2, Nagy 8-12 1-2 18, Davis-Wrightsil 7-15 5-5 21, Stafford 1-2 1-1 3, Williams 4-14 7-7 15, Wilkerson 0-1 0-0 0, Ruff 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-65 18-20 83.

Seattle (75) - Enis 5-15 6-6 16. Aycock 1-7 2-2 4, Whiting 4-13 8-9 16, Paye 2-4 1-2 6, Starbird 7-13 7-8 22, Orr 0-2 0-0 0, Hedgpeth 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 1-3 1-2 3, Holmes 0-0 0-0 0, Godby 4-6 0-0 8. Totals 24-63 25-29 75.

Long Beach 20 28 11 24 - 83

Seattle 23 16 8 28 - 75

3-Point goals-Long Beach 3-5 (Davis-Wrightsil 2-3, Nagy 1-2), Seattle 2-13 (Paye 1-3, Starbird 1-3, Enis 0-4, Aycock 0-3). Fouled out-Griffith. Rebounds-Long Beach 48 (Griffith 12), Seattle 29 (Enis 6). Assists-Long Beach 16 (Nagy 8), Seattle 10 (Paye 3, Starbird 3). Total fouls-Long Beach 23, Seattle 18. A-3,116.

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