Comets 80, Liberty 74: Kraayeveld Scores 31, but Liberty Loses
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Tina Thompson scored 26 points and Tamecka Dixon had a season-high 20 to lift Houston over New York.
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No. 7 New Hampshire got by without Mike Radja and James vanRiemsdyk in a 1-0 victory over Merrimack Friday night. The Wildcats weren't as fortunate against St. Lawrence yesterday.
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Wanisha Smith scored a career-high 21 points to lead four Duke players in double figures and the third-ranked Blue Devils easily defeated Liberty 83-48 Sunday.
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The Liberty, playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time in two weeks, closed the first quarter with a 16-0 run to take a 32-12 lead.
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During a three-game swing to Utah, Dallas and Minnesota, the New York Knicks lost all three by a combined total of 82 points. Team captain Stephon Marbury said there could be tough times for Coach Lenny Wilkens if this continues.
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Alana Beard's 23 points are not enough to overcome New York and the Mystics open the season with three losses after falling to the Liberty, 81-76.
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That wasn&#39;t easy. Team USA beat Greece Tuesday, but barely, edging out a 77-71 victory. We definitely played better than we did in game one against Puerto Rico, but still not well enough to dominate like we should.
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Shameka Christon has 16 points and a franchise playoff-record 15 rebounds to lead the Liberty to a surprising 73-51 victory over the defending champion Shock in Game 1.
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The Dutch press didn&#39;t let Ajax off the hook after its comprehensive 3-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Group C of the Champions League on Tuesday night, giving the credit instead to Maccabi&#39;s weak performance.
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Over the first eight minutes it was hard to determine whether the Comets realized the desperate straits theywere in, trying to keep alive their faint playoff hopes.
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John Tortorella and the Tampa Bay Lightning found a very unlikely hero in beating the New Jersey Devils &#151; Nick Tarnasky. Tarnasky had his first career game-winning goal and combined with Vincent Lecavalier to score in a 48-second span late in a three-goal second period in a 4-1 win on Sunday.
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SALT LAKE CITY - Jason Kreis scored his MLS record 107th goal to cap off a second-half rally for Real Salt Lake and keep its playoff hopes alive with a 3-2 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night.
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JP Batista was nearly perfect, and Gonzaga remained undefeated against third-ranked teams this season. With leading scorer Ronny Turiaf hampered by an ankle injury and foul trouble, Batista came off the bench
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The Shock and its imposing frontcourt are history. The challenge now for the Liberty is to beat a team that is an awful lot like itself.
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NEW YORK - The New York Liberty needed a last-second shot in the decisive game of their first-round series against Detroit to earn a trip to the Eastern Conference final, and will try to advance to the WNBA Finals for an unprecedented fifth time.
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Kara Lawson scores 24 points to lead the Sacramento Monarchs to an 82-67 victory over the winless Houston Comets on Monday night.
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Elena Baranova scored 17 points to lead the New York Liberty to a 75-62 victory over the Detroit Shock in Game 1 of their first-round WNBA playoff series.