Women's Hoops Cruises
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America's Katie Smith reinjures her right knee early in a dominating 100-62 women's basketball victory over China on Sunday.
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Katie Douglas scored 16 points and Katie Smith had 14 to help the Eastern Conference cruise to its first victory in seven WNBA All-Star games, 98-82 over the West on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
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ATHENS, Greece -- There were 17 seconds left, and it was finally time for the change. The US women&#39;s basketball team had clinched the Olympic gold medal Saturday for the third time in a row.
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Staley&#39;s generation set the tone for America&#39;s dominance of women&#39;s basketball. She was hoisted off her feet by a player who represents the future of the sport, a generation that will be charged with keeping the gold medals coming.
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Alana Beard scored 20 points, 16 in the second half, to the lead the Washington Mystics to a 91-75 win over the Connecticut Sun last night in Uncasville, Conn.
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Olympic champions the United States  narrowly edged Russia 66-62 to reach the final of the women's  Olympic basketball Friday.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Ticker) -- Reserve Natasha Bogdanova had 23 points in 19 minutes and Erin Lawless made 10-of-13 shots en route to 23 points as No.
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Uncasville, CT (Sports Network) - Lindsay Whalen scored 21 points and Nykesha Sales added 13 with seven steals and seven rebounds, as the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 80-70 to even their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series.
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Alana Beard scores 12 of her 16 points in the second half to lead the Washington Mystics to a 65-58 comeback victory over the Houston Comets.
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SATURDAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon - Georgetown at Memphis, ESPN; Harvard at Sacred Heart, WBIX (1060); Women: Buffalo at UMass, WMUA
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When the US women&#39;s national team won the gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games, it was the swan song for legends Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett, and Julie Foudy.
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By Rich Elliott, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Feb. 17--STORRS -- The path to a Big East championship has been lined with learning, growth and cohesion. The UConn women have used the first 12 league regular season games to jockey for position to win a title.
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Becky Hammon scored 15 of her 20 points in the first half and the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the visiting Sacramento Monarchs, 86-61, to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at 1-1. Rebekkah Brunson led the Monarchs with 18 points and 8 rebounds. The deciding game of the series will be tomorrow night in San Antonio.In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Anna DeForge scored 26 points to help the host Indiana Fever defeat the Connecticut Sun, 78-59, to tie their best-of-three series. Game 3 is tomorrow night. Katie Douglas led the Sun with 11 points.
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The Washington women&#39;s basketball team left Edmundson Pavilion bloodied last night -- but, for one of the rare times recently, not beaten.
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ATHENS -- For a team that hasn't lost an important international game in a decade, the United States women are fast becoming what we all thought the US men would be -- undisputed worldbeaters.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The United States&#39; march toward a medal in women&#39;s basketball met minimal resistance today at the Summer Olympics.
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Australia&#39;s Lauren Jackson, the WNBA&#39;s reigning MVP, came to the Olympics hoping aloud to meet the United States in the women&#39;s basketball gold-medal game.