Xplosion Too Much For Reign
ABL
Crystal Robinson scored 21 points and Vicki Hall added 18 to lead the Colorado Xplosion to an 88-84 win over the Seattle Reign Saturday night in Denver.
Colorado led by as many as 20 points early in the fourth quarter before Seattle (5-10) made a run, closing to within four points.
Seattle made six of seven 3-point shots in the final minutes, including five in the last 3:08. Sholanda Enis paced the Reign with 19 points.
Xplosion 88, Reign 84
Seattle (84) - Enis 4-7 7-8 19, Aycock 4-8 0-0 10, Smith 1-3 0-0 2, Paye 2-6 3-3 8, Starbird 5-7 4-4 14, Orr 3-10 0-0 9, Hedgpeth 1-3 0-0 2, Holmes 3-5 0-0 6, Ndiaye 3-6 2-2 8, Godby 3-8 0-0 6. Totals 29-63 16-17 84.
Colorado (88) - Hall 6-10 5-6 18, Robinson 8-13 4-5 21, Phillips 4-9 0-2 8, Black 2-5 0-0 4, Campbell 5-13 3-4 13, Crawley 0-1 6-8 6, Wynne 1-4 0-3 2, Masley 0-1 2-2 2, Anderson 0-4 0-2 0, Sheetz 1-3 0-0 3, Howard 4-5 0-0 11. Totals 31-68 20-32 88.
Seattle 19 17 11 37 - 84
Colorado 27 20 18 23 - 88
3-Point goals-Seattle 10-19 (Enis 4-5, Orr 3-6, Aycock 2-3, Paye 1-2, Starbird 0-1, Ndiaye 0-1, Hedgpeth 0-1), Colorado 6-15 (Howard 3-4, Hall 1-1, Sheetz 1-2, Robinson 1-5, Black 0-1, Campbell 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Seattle 27 (Holmes 5), Colorado 46 (Hall 10). Assists-Seattle 21 (Paye 6), Colorado 20 (Robinson 7). Total fouls-Seattle 27, Colorado 18. A-3,305.
Lasers 82, Blizzard 72
Sheri Sam scored seven of her game-high 21 points in a 15-5 run to start the fourth quarter as San Jose defeated New England in Hartford, Conn.
The Blizzard (7-6) rallied from an 11-0 deficit to take a 44-41 lead on Shanda Berry’s jumper with 5:15 left in the third quarter. But after New England guard Jennifer Rizzotti sprained her left ankle, San Jose took the lead before falling back into a 55-55 tie to end the quarter.
San Jose (82) - Smith 8-13 2-3 18, Sam 8-15 3-4 21, Kaplan 7-16 0-1 14, Azzi 1-5 1-2 3, Holland-Corn 4-11 3-4 12, Byrd 0-0 2-2 2, Sandie 3-3 4-5 10, Gaither 0-0 0-0 0, Machanguana 0-2 2-4 2, Henning 0-2 0-0 0, Bradley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-68 17-25 82.
New England (72) - Thirdgill 0-0 0-0 0, Hodges 2-9 2-3 6, Wolters 4-8 2-2 10, Jones 5-14 5-8 16, Rizzotti 3-4 6-6 12, Tate 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 2-7 6-6 10, Berube 1-1 0-0 2, Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Berry 6-9 2-2 14, Deden 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 24-58 23-27 72.
San Jose 18 17 20 27 - 82
New England 8 23 24 17 - 72
3-Point goals-San Jose 3-11 (Sam 2-4, Holland-Corn 1-4, Smith 0-1, Azzi 0-2), New England 1-6 (Jones 1-5, Hill 0-1). Fouled out-Smith. Rebounds-San Jose 38 (Smith 9), New England 42 (Hodges 13). Assists-San Jose 16 (Azzi 7), New England 16 (Rizzotti, Berry 3). Total fouls-San Jose 24, New England 20. Technicals-San Jose bench. A-10,357.