Cash props up Seattle

SEATTLE – Swin Cash matched her season high with 18 points, leading the Seattle Storm to a 66-55 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Thursday night.

Lauren Jackson, who was limited to a season-low three points by San Antonio on Tuesday, added 11 for the Storm (8-4), who won their second straight and climbed into a tie with Minnesota for second place in the Western Conference.

Cash, who also had 18 on Tuesday, sparked a 10-0 first-quarter run with seven points. Seattle extended its home winning streak to 15 games, dating to June 2008. That includes a 5-0 mark this year.

Jackson, who entered as the WNBA’s second-leading scorer at 20.5 points per game, opened the season with eight straight games of 20 or more points.

Scholonda Robinson and Rebekkah Brunson had 10 points apiece for the Monarchs.

The Storm scored 10 straight points after Robinson hit the first shot of the game.

Sacramento closed within 19-15 at the outset of the second quarter, but Seattle responded with a 12-0 run, which Shannon Johnson and Jackson started with back-to-back 3-pointers.