Comets host Lynx
Update, 1:03 p.m. -- Final score: Comets 96, Lynx 88.
Tina Thompson scored a team-high 25 points and Tamecka Dixon chipped in 22 points to help lead the Comets to a 96 to 88 win over the Minnesota Lynx before an announced sell-out crowd of 7,261 fans on Kids Day.
Houston forward Sancho Lyttle pulled down a game-high 18 rebounds to go along with her 16 points. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba added 14 points.
Candice Wiggins scored a game-high 27 points for the Lynx.
Houston's record improves to 10 and 12 while Minnesota's record falls to 10 and 11. Today's win by the Comets evens the regular-season series at two wins each.
Both teams shot 34 for 70 (48.6%) from the field in the game. Houston shot 96% (24 for 25) from the free throw line. Minnesota shot 13 for 18 (72.2%) from the foul line.
Update, 12:31 p.m. -- End of 3rd: Comets 71, Lynx 63.
Comets shot 9 for 20 from the field and 8 for 9 from the foul line in the third. Minnesota shot 8 for 19 from the field and 6 for 9 from the charity stripe.
Tina Thompson's 20 points leads all scorers. Tamecka Dixon has 16; Sancho Lyttle has 12 points and 10 rebounds; while Hamchetou Maiga-Ba added 10.
Seimone Augustus leads the Lynx with 15 points; Candice Wiggins has 14 and Vanessa Hayden-Johnson has 12.
The Comets have out rebounded the Lynx 30 to 25.
Update, 11:50 a.m. -- Halftime: Comets 45, Lynx 41.
Tina Thompson scored 16 points off the bench for the Comets. Tamecka Dixon scored eight points. Lyttle and Maiga-Ba each added six points.
Candice Wiggins scored 10 of Minnesota's 30 bench points.
Both teams shot very well from the field: Comets (17 for 30, 56.7%). Lynx (18 for 33, 54.5%).
Shannon Johnson dished five of Houston's 12 first half assists while Minnesota's Lindsey Harding handed out four of Minny's nine assists.
Minnesota scored 16 points in the paint to Houston's 14.
Two lead changes and two ties in the first half.
Update, 11:30 a.m. -- End of 1st quarter: Comets 24, Lynx 17.
For the first time in her career, Tina Thompson did not start. Due to an "ocurrence" which took place in yesterday's practice.
Despite Thompson's not starting, the Comets got off to a great start and led by as many as 11 points in the quarter. Minnesota's Candice Wiggins scored eight points to help the Lynx get back in the game.
Houston shot 9 for 14 (63.3%) from the field in the quarter. Minnesota shot 7 for 14 from the field.
Update, 7/17/08, 10:40 a.m. -- Tina Thompson is not in the starting line up for the Comets; but, she is in uniform and she did participate in today's warm ups.
HOUSTON, TX -- It's Kids' Day at Reliant Arena as the Houston Comets (9-12) host the Minnesota Lynx (10-10). Tip is set for 11 a.m. If you've never experienced a Kids' Day event, prepare yourself for lots and lots of kids screaming, hollering, and enjoying themselves!
Today's game is the fourth and final time the Comets and the Lynx will face each other in the regular season. The Lynx won the first match up on May 27 with a 98 to 92 overtime win in Houston. The Comets won the next game, June 21, 72 to 65 in Minnesota. The third game took place just a few days ago, July 12, in Minnesota, and the Lynx topped the Comets 85 to 71. As a result of the Lynx two wins, today's game is very important for the Comets to win in order to tie the regular season series at 2. If the Comets lose, the Lynx would win the head-to-head match up 3 to 1 and, technically, move 3.5 games ahead of the Comets in the battle for one of the four playoff spots.
Minnesota has already announced their starters:
#45 - Noelle Quinn
#30 - Anna DeForge
#33 - Seimone Augustus
#20 - Nicole Ohlde
#21 - Nicky Anosike
Here are the Comets' starters:
#21 - Sancho Lyttle
#41 - Shannon Johnson
#2 - Michelle Snow
#20 - Tamecka Dixon
#99 - Hamchetou Maiga-Ba
Tina Thompson scored a team-high 25 points and Tamecka Dixon chipped in 22 points to help lead the Comets to a 96 to 88 win over the Minnesota Lynx before an announced sell-out crowd of 7,261 fans on Kids Day.
Houston forward Sancho Lyttle pulled down a game-high 18 rebounds to go along with her 16 points. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba added 14 points.
Candice Wiggins scored a game-high 27 points for the Lynx.
Houston's record improves to 10 and 12 while Minnesota's record falls to 10 and 11. Today's win by the Comets evens the regular-season series at two wins each.
Both teams shot 34 for 70 (48.6%) from the field in the game. Houston shot 96% (24 for 25) from the free throw line. Minnesota shot 13 for 18 (72.2%) from the foul line.
Update, 12:31 p.m. -- End of 3rd: Comets 71, Lynx 63.
Comets shot 9 for 20 from the field and 8 for 9 from the foul line in the third. Minnesota shot 8 for 19 from the field and 6 for 9 from the charity stripe.
Tina Thompson's 20 points leads all scorers. Tamecka Dixon has 16; Sancho Lyttle has 12 points and 10 rebounds; while Hamchetou Maiga-Ba added 10.
Seimone Augustus leads the Lynx with 15 points; Candice Wiggins has 14 and Vanessa Hayden-Johnson has 12.
The Comets have out rebounded the Lynx 30 to 25.
Update, 11:50 a.m. -- Halftime: Comets 45, Lynx 41.
Tina Thompson scored 16 points off the bench for the Comets. Tamecka Dixon scored eight points. Lyttle and Maiga-Ba each added six points.
Candice Wiggins scored 10 of Minnesota's 30 bench points.
Both teams shot very well from the field: Comets (17 for 30, 56.7%). Lynx (18 for 33, 54.5%).
Shannon Johnson dished five of Houston's 12 first half assists while Minnesota's Lindsey Harding handed out four of Minny's nine assists.
Minnesota scored 16 points in the paint to Houston's 14.
Two lead changes and two ties in the first half.
Update, 11:30 a.m. -- End of 1st quarter: Comets 24, Lynx 17.
For the first time in her career, Tina Thompson did not start. Due to an "ocurrence" which took place in yesterday's practice.
Despite Thompson's not starting, the Comets got off to a great start and led by as many as 11 points in the quarter. Minnesota's Candice Wiggins scored eight points to help the Lynx get back in the game.
Houston shot 9 for 14 (63.3%) from the field in the quarter. Minnesota shot 7 for 14 from the field.
Update, 7/17/08, 10:40 a.m. -- Tina Thompson is not in the starting line up for the Comets; but, she is in uniform and she did participate in today's warm ups.
HOUSTON, TX -- It's Kids' Day at Reliant Arena as the Houston Comets (9-12) host the Minnesota Lynx (10-10). Tip is set for 11 a.m. If you've never experienced a Kids' Day event, prepare yourself for lots and lots of kids screaming, hollering, and enjoying themselves!
Today's game is the fourth and final time the Comets and the Lynx will face each other in the regular season. The Lynx won the first match up on May 27 with a 98 to 92 overtime win in Houston. The Comets won the next game, June 21, 72 to 65 in Minnesota. The third game took place just a few days ago, July 12, in Minnesota, and the Lynx topped the Comets 85 to 71. As a result of the Lynx two wins, today's game is very important for the Comets to win in order to tie the regular season series at 2. If the Comets lose, the Lynx would win the head-to-head match up 3 to 1 and, technically, move 3.5 games ahead of the Comets in the battle for one of the four playoff spots.
Minnesota has already announced their starters:
#45 - Noelle Quinn
#30 - Anna DeForge
#33 - Seimone Augustus
#20 - Nicole Ohlde
#21 - Nicky Anosike
Here are the Comets' starters:
#21 - Sancho Lyttle
#41 - Shannon Johnson
#2 - Michelle Snow
#20 - Tamecka Dixon
#99 - Hamchetou Maiga-Ba
posted by Kris Gardner @ 10:19 AM
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