ATLANTA (AP) The New York Liberty's awful performance in their last game embarrassed Cappie Pondexter. <\/p>\n
She was determined not to let it happen again. <\/p>\n
''I brought a great deal of energy tonight, which has been inconsistent with us,'' Pondexter said. ''I feel like when we play with a lot of energy it allows us to play both ends of the floor the way we really want to.'' <\/p>\n
Pondexter had 14 points and a season-high 13 assists and Essence Carson added 14 points in the New York Liberty's 73-60 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n
The Dream dropped their second straight game with Angel McCoughtry, the WNBA's leading scorer and shot blocker, injured and unable to play. <\/p>\n
Sancho Lyttle and Lindsey Harding each finished with 13 points for Atlanta (4-7). Lyttle pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds. <\/p>\n
New York (4-7) had plenty of incentive after last Friday's debacle at Connecticut, a 42-point loss that was the worst in team history and included 34-point halftime deficit that was the largest in league history. <\/p>\n
The Liberty, who snapped a two-game skid, never trailed after Leilani Mitchell pulled up for a 15-foot fast-break jumper to make it 13-12 late in the first. <\/p>\n
''We were so hungry for a win,'' Mitchell said. ''We were just playing harder. We were taking it easy in the last couple of practices trying to save our legs for this game.'' <\/p>\n
New York went up 36-30 on Pondexter's 19-foot fadeaway in transition in the final minute of the second period. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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