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HOUSTON (AP) -- Sheryl Swoopes had 25 points, nine rebounds and
five assists, and the Houston Comets closed with a 13-0 run over
the final 5:05 to beat the Sacramento Monarchs 77-62 Wednesday
night.
Yolanda Griffith scored 22 points -- 14 in the first half -- as
the three-time WNBA champion Comets improved its league-best 19-2
mark and won their 10th in a row.
|  | | Houston's Sheryl Swoopes (22) drives to the hoop on her way to 25 points against Sacramento on Wednesday. |
Houston's Cynthia Cooper suffered a right ankle sprain and is probable for
the Comets' game Friday in Los Angeles. Cooper was helped off the court with a
little more than a minute left after scoring 17 points. She was not taken for X-rays.
Both teams struggled to maintain a lead in the first half until
the Monarchs (13-7) began a 14-2 run to take a 29-20 advantage,
their biggest of the game.
Houston answered right back, though, with a 15-2 run to take a
35-31 lead at halftime.
Sacramento regained the lead at the start of the second half
with a 10-2 run, but the Comets quickly took it right back and
never trailed again.
The Monarchs managed to tie the game twice more and trailed by
only two, 64-62, with 5:05 left to play, before Houston went on its
game-ending run.
Tina Thompson (15 points) and Tiffani Johnson (10)
also reached double figures for the Comets. Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
and Tangela Smith added 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the
Monarchs.
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RECAPS
Detroit 61
Seattle 56
Cleveland 74
Orlando 72
Indiana 81
Washington 58
New York 84
Charlotte 70
Houston 77
Sacramento 62
Utah 76
Portland 67
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 Sheryl Swoopes gets out on the break and takes it in for Houston.
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Yolanda Griffith comes off the screen to score in the paint.
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