Monarchs 61-55 Comets (26 Jun, 2004) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

7-7, 4-4 away

	1	2	T
HOU	30	25	55
SAC	28	33	61

Sacramento Monarchs

4-7, 2-4 home

Yolanda Griffith made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Tangela Smith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tangela Smith.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 6 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson missed Jumper.
Lady Grooms missed 18 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Jumper. Assisted by Lady Grooms.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 9 ft Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Lady Grooms made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Chantelle Anderson.
Yolanda Griffith made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 5 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 5 ft Jumper. Blocked by Michelle Snow.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 19 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
DeMya Walker missed 18 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 12 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
DeMya Walker made Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker missed Two Point Shot. Blocked by Tiffani Johnson.
Tangela Smith missed 10 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Two Point Shot.
Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.
Chantelle Anderson made Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 13 ft Jumper.
Lady Grooms missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Kara Lawson made Two Point Shot.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga missed 18 ft Jumper.
Lady Grooms made Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker missed 6 ft Jumper.
Lady Grooms missed 21 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by DeMya Walker.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Tangela Smith.
Tangela Smith missed Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 17 ft Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Tangela Smith.
Michelle Snow made 5 ft Jumper.
Sheila Lambert missed 4 ft Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheila Lambert.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Sheila Lambert.
Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 13 ft Jumper.
Sheila Lambert missed 8 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made 12 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 12 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 16 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tiffani Johnson.
Felicia Ragland made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Dominique Canty made Layup.
Felicia Ragland made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Felicia Ragland missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 13 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed 15 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tiffani Johnson.
Michelle Snow made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Felicia Ragland.
Sheryl Swoopes made 11 ft Jumper.
Tiffani Johnson missed 5 ft Jumper. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Felicia Ragland missed 14 ft Jumper.
Dominique Canty missed 10 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made 21 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Tiffani Johnson missed 3 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn made Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Sheryl Swoopes made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Michelle Snow made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Sheryl Swoopes missed Jumper.
Dominique Canty made Two Point Shot.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 4 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Sheila Lambert.
Sheryl Swoopes made 12 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Michelle Snow missed 18 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 10 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Dominique Canty missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Felicia Ragland made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Sheryl Swoopes made Technical Free Throw.
Felicia Ragland missed 13 ft Jumper.

COMETS

MONARCHS

TIME		HOU	SAC
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball. Michelle Snow vs. Yolanda Griffith. Sheila Lambert gains possession.	0	0
19:52	Tiffani Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Tangela Smith.	0	0
19:50	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:49	Michelle Snow made 5 ft Jumper.	2	0
19:22	Yolanda Griffith made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	2	2
19:02	Sheila Lambert missed 4 ft Jumper.	2	2
19:00	Houston Offensive Rebound.	2	2
19:00	Jumpball. Michelle Snow vs. Tangela Smith. Sheila Lambert gains possession.	2	2
18:46	Tiffani Johnson made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheila Lambert.	4	2
18:21	Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.	4	2
18:19	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	4	2
18:09	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Foul	4	2
18:09	Yolanda Griffith Foul	4	2
17:55	Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Sheila Lambert.	6	2
17:34	Tiffani Johnson Shooting Foul	6	2
17:34	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	3
17:34	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	4
17:16	Ticha Penicheiro Personal Foul	6	4
17:05	Michelle Snow missed 8 ft Jumper.	6	4
17:04	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	6	4
16:53	Tangela Smith made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	6	6
16:38	Kara Lawson Personal Foul	6	6
16:22	Kedra Holland-Corn missed 13 ft Jumper.	6	6
16:20	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	6	6
16:12	Tangela Smith missed 9 ft Jumper.	6	6
16:09	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	6	6
16:02	Sheila Lambert missed 8 ft Jumper.	6	6
16:00	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	6	6
15:37	Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	6
15:34	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	6	6
15:19	Tangela Smith missed 17 ft Jumper.	6	6
15:18	Tiffani Johnson Defensive Rebound.	6	6
14:48	Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.	6	6
14:47	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	6	6
14:45	Michelle Snow missed Layup.	6	6
14:45	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	6	6
14:45	Tangela Smith Shooting Foul	6	6
14:45	Official Timeout.	6	6
14:45	Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	6
14:45	Houston Offensive Rebound.	6	6
14:45	Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	6
14:32	Tangela Smith Lost Ball. Stolen by Tiffani Johnson.	7	6
14:19	Sheryl Swoopes made 12 ft Jumper.	9	6
13:57	Ticha Penicheiro made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tangela Smith.	9	9
13:29	Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	9
13:26	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	9	9
13:19	Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.	9	9
13:18	Kedra Holland-Corn Defensive Rebound.	9	9
13:11	Kedra Holland-Corn missed 12 ft Jumper.	9	9
13:08	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	9	9
13:07	Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Jumper.	9	9
13:07	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	9	9
12:48	Ticha Penicheiro missed 6 ft Jumper.	9	9
12:47	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	9	9
12:45	Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Two Point Shot.	9	11
12:17	Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.	9	11
12:15	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	9	11
12:07	Kara Lawson missed Jumper.	9	11
12:06	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	9	11
11:57	Sheila Lambert Offensive Foul	9	11
11:57	Sheila Lambert Foul	9	11
11:57	Official Timeout.	9	11
11:57	Dominique Canty enters the game for Tiffani Johnson.	9	11
11:57	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough enters the game for Kedra Holland-Corn.	9	11
11:57	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for DeMya Walker.	9	11
11:57	Lady Grooms enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	9	11
11:57	Chantelle Anderson enters the game for Kara Lawson.	9	11
11:40	Lady Grooms missed 18 ft Jumper.	9	11
11:40	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	9	11
11:27	Hamchetou Maiga made Jumper. Assisted by Lady Grooms.	9	13
10:55	Houston Offensive Rebound.	9	13
10:38	Hamchetou Maiga missed 9 ft Jumper.	9	13
10:37	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	9	13
10:37	Tiffani Johnson enters the game for Michelle Snow.	9	13
10:37	Felicia Ragland enters the game for Sheila Lambert.	9	13
10:30	Chantelle Anderson missed 6 ft Jumper.	9	13
10:27	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	9	13
10:11	Sheryl Swoopes made 16 ft Jumper.	11	13
9:53	Tangela Smith made 10 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	11	15
9:49	Houston 20 Sec. Timeout.	11	15
9:36	Felicia Ragland Lost Ball. Stolen by Ticha Penicheiro.	11	15
9:18	Lady Grooms made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Chantelle Anderson.	11	17
8:56	Sheryl Swoopes made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tiffani Johnson.	14	17
8:38	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Sheryl Swoopes.	14	17
8:29	Felicia Ragland made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	17	17
8:07	Yolanda Griffith enters the game for Tangela Smith.	17	17
8:07	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	17	17
8:07	Kara Lawson enters the game for Chantelle Anderson.	17	17
7:52	Tiffani Johnson Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	17	17
7:46	Yolanda Griffith made 5 ft Two Point Shot.	17	19
7:20	Dominique Canty made Layup.	19	19
6:54	Rebekkah Brunson missed 5 ft Jumper.	19	19
6:54	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	19	19
6:54	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough Shooting Foul	19	19
6:54	Official Timeout.	19	19
6:54	Michelle Snow enters the game for Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough.	19	19
6:54	DeMya Walker enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	19	19
6:54	Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	19
6:54	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	19	19
6:54	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	19	20
6:26	Felicia Ragland made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dominique Canty.	22	20
6:03	Rebekkah Brunson missed 5 ft Jumper. Blocked by Michelle Snow.	22	20
6:01	DeMya Walker Offensive Rebound.	22	20
6:01	Sacramento 20 Sec. Timeout.	22	20
6:01	Ticha Penicheiro enters the game for Lady Grooms.	22	22
5:54	Rebekkah Brunson missed 19 ft Jumper.	22	20
5:52	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	22	20
5:52	24 second	22	20
5:26	Felicia Ragland missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	20
5:26	Felicia Ragland Offensive Rebound.	22	20
5:11	Sheryl Swoopes missed 13 ft Jumper.	22	20
5:09	Houston Defensive Rebound.	22	20
4:50	Kara Lawson Bad Pass. Stolen by Michelle Snow.	22	20
4:43	Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.	22	20
4:41	Michelle Snow Offensive Rebound.	22	20
4:37	Dominique Canty missed 15 ft Jumper.	22	20
4:37	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	22	20
4:26	Yolanda Griffith made Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	22	22
4:05	Michelle Snow made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tiffani Johnson.	24	22
3:42	DeMya Walker missed 18 ft Jumper.	24	22
3:41	Tiffani Johnson Defensive Rebound.	24	22
3:26	Michelle Snow made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Felicia Ragland.	26	22
3:13	Sheryl Swoopes Personal Foul	26	22
3:13	Official Timeout.	26	22
3:13	Tangela Smith enters the game for Kara Lawson.	26	22
3:13	Ruthie Bolton enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	26	22
3:13	Sheila Lambert enters the game for Sheryl Swoopes.	26	22
3:03	Yolanda Griffith made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	26	24
2:35	Sheryl Swoopes enters the game for Sheila Lambert.	26	24
2:35	Houston Full Timeout.	26	24
2:31	Sheryl Swoopes made 11 ft Jumper.	28	24
2:02	Tiffani Johnson Shooting Foul	28	24
2:02	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	28	25
2:02	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	28	26
1:34	Tiffani Johnson missed 5 ft Jumper. Blocked by Yolanda Griffith.	28	26
1:34	Houston Offensive Rebound.	28	26
1:31	Sheryl Swoopes missed 15 ft Jumper.	28	26
1:31	Tiffani Johnson Offensive Rebound.	28	26
1:22	Dominique Canty made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	30	26
1:07	DeMya Walker missed 14 ft Jumper.	30	26
1:07	Tiffani Johnson Defensive Rebound.	30	26
45.9	Felicia Ragland missed 14 ft Jumper.	30	26
43.9	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	30	26
28.7	Tangela Smith made 12 ft Jumper.	30	28
6.9	Dominique Canty missed 10 ft Jumper.	30	28
4.9	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	30	28
2.2	Kara Lawson enters the game for DeMya Walker.	30	28
2.2	Sacramento Full Timeout.	30	28
0.0	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	30	28
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	30	28

Regular Season Series

SAC wins 3-1

Monarchs
57
Comets
63

Game 1

30/5

Comets
55
Monarchs
61

Game 2

26/6

Monarchs
71
Comets
62

Game 3

17/9

Comets
48
Monarchs
68

Game 4

19/9

3:00 AM, 26 June 2004

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Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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