San Antonio signs Crystal Kelly for remainder of season - Jul 28, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
The San Antonio Silver Stars today announced they signed forward Cristal Kelly (6'3''-F-86, college: W.Kentucky) for the remainder of the 2010 season.
'Crystal has developed into a key energy player off the bench for Coach Brondello and we are thrilled to sign her to a contract,' said General Manager Dan Hughes.
In 14 games with the Silver Stars, Kelly has accumulated averages 2.3 points and 0.9 rebounds in 8.0 minutes per game [read more]
The San Antonio Silver Stars today announced they signed forward Cristal Kelly (6'3''-F-86, college: W.Kentucky) for the remainder of the 2010 season.
'Crystal has developed into a key energy player off the bench for Coach Brondello and we are thrilled to sign her to a contract,' said General Manager Dan Hughes.
In 14 games with the Silver Stars, Kelly has accumulated averages 2.3 points and 0.9 rebounds in 8.0 minutes per game. In her three-year WNBA career, Kelly has recorded averages of 5.0 points and 2.1 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per game.
Phoenix M. - Seattle S. 85-91
Lauren Jackson (6'5''-F/C-81) scored a season high 33 points to help the Seattle Storm rally from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat the Phoenix Mercury 91-85 Tuesday night and clinch the Western Conference No. 1 seed. Sue Bird (5'9''-G-80, college: Connecticut) scored 16 and Tanisha Wright (5'11''-G-83, agency: LBM Management, college: Penn St.) 14 for Seattle (21-2), which won its 12th consecutive game. The Storm is 12-0 at home and 16-0 in conference play [read more]
Phoenix M. - Seattle S. 85-91 Lauren Jackson (6'5''-F/C-81) scored a season high 33 points to help the Seattle Storm rally from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat the Phoenix Mercury 91-85 Tuesday night and clinch the Western Conference No. 1 seed. Sue Bird (5'9''-G-80, college: Connecticut) scored 16 and Tanisha Wright (5'11''-G-83, agency: LBM Management, college: Penn St.) 14 for Seattle (21-2), which won its 12th consecutive game. The Storm is 12-0 at home and 16-0 in conference play. Diana Taurasi (6'0''-F/G-82, college: Connecticut) scored 27 and DeWanna Bonner (6'4''-G-87, college: Auburn) 19 to lead Phoenix (10-13), which had won three in a row. The second-place Mercury dropped 11 games behind the Storm. *Courtesy of www.usatoday.com
Atlanta D. - Tulsa S. 105-89 Sancho Lyttle (6'4''-C-83, college: Houston) had 20 points and 14 rebounds and Iziane Castro Marques (6'0''-G/F-82) scored 23 points to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Tulsa Shock 105-89 Tuesday. Ivory Latta (5'6''-G-84, agency: 540 Sports, college: N.Carolina) led Tulsa with 23 points, a season high by any Shock player. 'We stayed very focused,' Castro Marques said. 'From the beginning, we got out to a good start, maintained the lead from there, and that's what we did.' Atlanta (16-9) scored at will, and the WNBA's best rebounding team outrebounded Tulsa 44-30. Alison Bales had 12 for Atlanta. The Dream shot 51.9 percent and made 19 of 25 free throws. The Shock (4-20), made it 18-14 late in the first quarter, but were outscored 26-4 over the next eight minutes. *Courtesy of www.cbsnews.com
Chicago S. - Indiana F. 74-78 Briann January (5'8''-G-87, college: Arizona St.) is taking advantage of her second run in the Indiana Fever's starting lineup. January had 15 points and made several key plays in the fourth quarter to lead the Fever to a 78-74 win over the Chicago Sky on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. After starting three of four games to begin the season before suffering a knee injury, January was reinserted into the starting lineup in the Fever's last game, a 78-73 win over Washington. She had a season-high 19 points and eight assists against the Mystics. Chicago, which trailed by 21 in the first half, got within eight entering the fourth quarter and continued to chip away at the deficit. Sylvia Fowles (6'6''-C-85, college: LSU) three-point play made it 70-68 with 4:27 left, but January's jumper pushed the lead back to four. Shaya Murphy (5'11''-G/F-85, college: USC) then hit two free throws for Chicago to make it a two-point game, but January's 3-pointer stopped the Sky's momentum again. With Indiana trying to hold a three-point lead in the closing seconds, January had a defensive steal and made a free throw to seal the victory. *Courtesy of www.msn.foxsports.com
S.Antonio SS - New York L. 72-77 The New York Liberty bounced back from a disappointing loss and got needed victory to keep pace in the Eastern Conference. Rookie Kalana Greene (5'10''-G-87, college: Connecticut) scored a season-high 17 points, Plenette Pierson (6'2''-F/C-81, college: Texas Tech) had 16 and the Liberty beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 77-72 Tuesday night. Cappie Pondexter (5'9''-G-83, college: Rutgers) added 13 points and Leilani Mitchell (5'5''-G-85, agency: LBM Management, college: Utah) 10. The Liberty (12-11) won for the fifth time in seven games and remained one game behind Connecticut for the fourth and final playoff position in the East. *Courtesy of Yahoo
Washington M. - Connecticut S. 78-88 Asjha Jones (6'2''-F-80, college: Connecticut) had a season-high 23 points with six rebounds as the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics Tuesday, 88-78, in an Eastern Conference game played before 6,322 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tina Charles (6'4''-C-88, agency: LBM Management, college: Connecticut) had 15 points and nine rebounds for Connecticut (13-10) and Renee Montgomery (5'7''-G-86, agency: LBM Management, college: Connecticut) added 17 points. Monique Currie (6'0''-G/F-83, college: Duke) had 18 points and nine rebounds for Washington (13-9). *Courtesy of www.theday.com
L.Angeles S. - Minnesota L. 71-58 Tina Thompson (6'2''-F-75, agency: Merit Sports, college: USC) scored 24 points while Noelle Quinn (6'0''-G-85, college: UCLA) added 17 to help Los Angeles beat Minnesota 71-58 on Tuesday night, allowing the Sparks to win consecutive games for the first time this season. Marie Ferdinand-Harris (5'9''-G-78, college: LSU) added 12 points for the Sparks. Lindsay Whalen (5'8''-G-82, college: Minnesota) and Monica Wright (5'11''-F-88, agency: LBM Management, college: Virginia) each finished with 12 points to lead Minnesota. Seimone Augustus (6'1''-G-84, college: LSU) was limited to six points. Minnesota's leading scorer, Augustus missed her first seven field goal attempts and was held without a basket before making a 3-pointer with 8:12 left in the third quarter. For Los Angeles, the victory also allowed the Sparks (8-16) to move into a tie with the Lynx for the fourth and final playoff spot in the WNBA's Western Conference. Minnesota (7-15) has now lost four consecutive games and six of eight. Three days after using offense to win at Connecticut, Los Angeles used its defense to win at Minnesota. The Sparks limited the Lynx to 26 percent shooting overall and only 42 points over the final three quarters. *Courtesy of www.taragana.com
Pondexter and Taurasi named Players of the Week - Jul 26, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
The New York Liberty's Cappie Pondexter (5'9''-G-83, college: Rutgers) and Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi (6'0''-F/G-82, college: Connecticut) were named the WNBA's Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week presented by Kia Motors, respectively, for games played July 19-25. This is the second weekly honor for each player this season [read more]
The New York Liberty's Cappie Pondexter (5'9''-G-83, college: Rutgers) and Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi (6'0''-F/G-82, college: Connecticut) were named the WNBA's Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week presented by Kia Motors, respectively, for games played July 19-25. This is the second weekly honor for each player this season.
This marks the first season that Kia Motors - an official WNBA marketing partner - has presented the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week award.
Pondexter earned the seventh Player of the Week honor of her career following a week in which she led the league in minutes (37.7 mpg), as New York posted a 2-1 record on the road. The Chicago native also was the league's fifth leading scorer (22.0 ppg) and tied for fifth in assists (6.0 apg). For the season, Pondexter ranks fourth in the league in scoring (21.2 ppg) and seventh in assists (5.0 apg).
Pondexter opened the week by scoring six of her game-high 24 points in overtime as the Liberty beat the host Connecticut Sun 82-74. She also added six rebounds and logged the first of three consecutive games with six assists. Pondexter next scored 16 points in a win at Chicago and capped the week with a team-high 26-point effort at Atlanta.
En route to earning the 12th Player of the Week award of her career, Taurasi led the defending champion Mercury to a pair of road wins in which Phoenix set a WNBA single-game scoring record in back-to-back games. On Thursday at Tulsa, Taurasi scored a game-high 26 points and added five assists in a 123-91 victory. Two days later she scored 11 of her 31 points in the second overtime and tied a league record for most free throws without a miss in a single game (14) as Phoenix defeated Minnesota 127-124 in the highest-scoring game in WNBA history. The sixth-year pro also contributed six rebounds and six assists against the Lynx as Phoenix further solidified its hold on second place in the Western Conference.
The league's leading scorer (23.8 ppg) thus far in 2010, Taurasi averaged 28.5 ppg during the week, second only to the 29.0 ppg posted by Minnesota's Seimone Augustus. She also tied for eighth in the league with 5.5 assists per game.
Other candidates for WNBA Player of the Week presented by Kia Motors were Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry, Chicago's Sylvia Fowles, Indiana's Briann January, Los Angeles' DeLisha Milton-Jones, Seattle's Lauren Jackson, Tulsa's Shanna Crossley and Washington's Crystal Langhorne.
The WNBA Western and Eastern Conference Player of the Week presented by Kia Motors are part of a series of oncourt performance awards called The WNBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors. The series, currently in its second season, includes four of the WNBA's most prestigious year-end honors: Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Sixth Woman of the Year, along with the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month. Kia Motors has been an official WNBA marketing partner since 2008.
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