Sugar Rodgers scored all 16 of her points in the first half and the New York Liberty beat the Fever 71-50 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory. <\/p>\n
Rodgers only attempted one shot in the second half and played just 20 minutes. <\/p>\n
Tina Charles added 13 points and nine rebounds for New York (18-12). Bria Hartley had 12 points, and Epiphanny Prince 11. <\/p>\n
Candice Dupree scored 12 points for Indiana (9-22), which has lost five straight. Erica Wheeler and Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga each added 10 points. Indiana was 1 of 10 from 3-point range and shot 34.5 percent overall. <\/p>\n
The Fever got to 11 points with eight minutes to go, but New York closed on a 15-5 run. <\/p>\n
Indiana was granted an emergency hardship exemption to fill the roster after Briann January became the third Fever guard with a season-ending injury. Newly signed rookie Jennie Simms played 13 scoreless minutes. <\/p>\n
Dream 89, Storm 83: Sancho Lyttle scored 18 points, Layshia Clarendon had a team-record 14 assists and Atlanta Dream beat Seattle to end a nine-game losing streak. <\/p>\n
Brittney Sykes had a key 3-pointer and two free throws as the Dream scored nine straight points in the final 70 seconds. She scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half. <\/p>\n
Clarendon, who finished with 17 points, had a basket with 1:07 to play to give Atlanta an 82-80 lead. After a Storm miss, Clarendon found Sykes for the 3 with 34 seconds left. Sykes and Lyttle then made two free throws apiece after grabbing defensive rebounds Lyttle had nine rebounds before Sue Bird hit a 3 for Seattle in the closing seconds. <\/p>\n
Tiffany Hayes had 13 points for Atlanta (11-20), and Elizabeth Williams added 12. With Lyttle making 8 of 10 shots, the Dream shot 57 percent (35 of 63). <\/p>\n
Breanna Stewart had 18 points, and Crystal Langhorne 17 with 10 rebounds for Seattle (14-16). <\/p>\n
Sun 93, Wings 87: Alyssa Thomas scored 23 points, Jonquel Jones had 20 points and 17 rebounds for her 18th double-double, and Connecticut beat short-handed Dallas. <\/p>\n
Kayla Thornton's 3-pointer pulled the Wings to 89-85 with 24 seconds left, but Jasmine Thomas made two free throws at the other end. The Sun hit six straight free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal it. <\/p>\n
Jasmine Thomas added 17 points, and Shekinna Stricklen 14 to help Connecticut (20-10) reach 20 wins for the first time since 2012. Alyssa Thomas also had seven rebounds and five assists, and Jones made 8 of 11 shots. <\/p>\n
Dallas (14-17) was without Glory Johnson, who was serving a one-game suspension for throwing a punch at Atlanta Dream guard Matee Ajavon. <\/p>\n
Skylar Diggins-Smith led the Wings with 19 points. Allisha Gray added 18 points, Theresa Plaisance had 17, and Karima Christmas-Kelly 15. <\/p>\n
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