Monarchs 67-54 Lynx (1 Aug, 2005) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Lynx

11-13, 3-9 away

	1	2	T
MIN	25	29	54
SAC	31	36	67

Sacramento Monarchs

17-7, 11-2 home

Yolanda Griffith made Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 15 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made Layup. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's 14 ft Jumper blocked by Vanessa Hayden.
Hamchetou Maiga's Driving Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Olympia Scott-Richardson's Two Point Shot blocked by Vanessa Hayden.
Kristin Haynie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristin Haynie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher missed Layup.
Olympia Scott-Richardson made Layup.
Olympia Scott-Richardson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kara Lawson made 18 ft Jumper.
Olympia Scott-Richardson made 7 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made 10 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 10 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 52 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 12 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell made 20 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Nicole Powell missed 10 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 17 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Erin Buescher made 5 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Vanessa Hayden.
Yolanda Griffith made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga.
Kara Lawson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Running Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Olympia Scott-Richardson made 15 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Driving Layup.
Kara Lawson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristi Harrower missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 14 ft Jumper.
Vanessa Hayden missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Layup.
Nicole Ohlde missed Tip Shot.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amanda Lassiter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden.
Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.
Kristi Harrower's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Olympia Scott-Richardson.
Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Driving Layup.
Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amber Jacobs made Driving Layup.
Vanessa Hayden made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Amber Jacobs missed Driving Layup.
Kristen Mann made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Mann made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Vanessa Hayden missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kristen Mann made 8 ft Jumper.
Amber Jacobs's Driving Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.
Kristi Harrower made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Amanda Lassiter missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Vanessa Hayden made 4 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova's Layup blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Amanda Lassiter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristi Harrower made 8 ft Running Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Ohlde.
Vanessa Hayden missed 14 ft Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Svetlana Abrosimova made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamika Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.
Tamika Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Tamika Williams's Driving Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristi Harrower made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristi Harrower made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristi Harrower missed 8 ft Jumper.
Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Amanda Lassiter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Amber Jacobs made 17 ft Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Jumper.
Amber Jacobs missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jacqueline Batteast missed Jumper.
Nicole Ohlde missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made Jumper. Assisted by Svetlana Abrosimova.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamika Williams.
Nicole Ohlde made Layup. Assisted by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.
Svetlana Abrosimova made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Amber Jacobs missed Layup.
Kristi Harrower made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristi Harrower missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 18 ft Jumper.
Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert missed Three Point Jumper.
Tamika Williams missed Tip Shot.
Kristi Harrower missed Driving Layup.

LYNX

MONARCHS

TIME		MIN	SAC
20:00	Start of the 1st Half.	0	0
20:00	Jumpball: Nicole Ohlde vs. Yolanda Griffith. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	0	0
19:36	Yolanda Griffith made Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	0	2
19:16	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	0	2
19:00	Nicole Powell Offensive Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	0	2
19:00	Nicole Powell Foul	0	2
18:38	Kristi Harrower missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:37	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:29	Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:27	Kristi Harrower Defensive Rebound.	0	2
17:58	Svetlana Abrosimova Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	0	2
17:45	Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
17:43	Vanessa Hayden Defensive Rebound.	0	2
17:36	Amanda Lassiter made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristi Harrower.	3	2
17:19	Nicole Powell made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	3	4
17:06	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	3	4
17:06	Nicole Ohlde Foul	3	4
16:49	Ticha Penicheiro missed 15 ft Jumper.	3	4
16:47	Kristi Harrower Defensive Rebound.	3	4
16:36	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 14 ft Jumper.	3	4
16:35	Vanessa Hayden Offensive Rebound.	3	4
16:34	Chelsea Newton Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	3	4
16:34	Vanessa Hayden missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	4
16:34	Minnesota Offensive Rebound.	3	4
16:34	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for Nicole Powell.	3	4
16:34	Vanessa Hayden made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	4
16:23	Chelsea Newton made Layup. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.	4	6
15:53	Nicole Ohlde's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga.	4	6
15:52	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	4	6
15:49	Svetlana Abrosimova missed Layup.	4	6
15:48	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	4	6
15:48	Nicole Ohlde missed Tip Shot.	4	6
15:48	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	4	6
15:47	Chelsea Newton Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	4	6
15:47	Sacramento Full Timeout.	4	6
15:47	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	6
15:47	Nicole Ohlde made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	6
15:34	Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Jumper.	6	6
15:33	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	6	6
15:15	Rebekkah Brunson's 14 ft Jumper blocked by Vanessa Hayden.	6	6
15:12	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	6	6
15:00	Amanda Lassiter made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vanessa Hayden.	9	6
14:44	Amanda Lassiter Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	9	6
14:44	Olympia Scott-Richardson enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	9	6
14:44	Kara Lawson enters the game for Chelsea Newton.	9	6
14:26	Hamchetou Maiga's Driving Layup blocked by Nicole Ohlde.	9	6
14:23	Svetlana Abrosimova Defensive Rebound.	9	6
14:17	Vanessa Hayden missed Layup.	9	6
14:17	Minnesota Defensive Rebound.	9	6
13:57	Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.	9	6
13:56	Hamchetou Maiga Offensive Rebound.	9	6
13:55	Hamchetou Maiga made Layup.	9	8
13:48	Kristi Harrower Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	9	8
13:41	Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	8
13:40	Olympia Scott-Richardson Offensive Rebound.	9	8
13:30	Olympia Scott-Richardson's Two Point Shot blocked by Vanessa Hayden.	9	8
13:29	Vanessa Hayden Defensive Rebound.	9	8
13:11	Kristi Harrower's 8 ft Jumper blocked by Olympia Scott-Richardson.	9	8
13:10	Kristi Harrower Offensive Rebound.	9	8
13:07	Vanessa Hayden made Layup. Assisted by Amanda Lassiter.	11	8
12:51	Olympia Scott-Richardson 3 second	11	8
12:51	Tamika Williams enters the game for Vanessa Hayden.	11	8
12:51	Kristin Haynie enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	11	8
12:33	Svetlana Abrosimova missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	8
12:32	Olympia Scott-Richardson Defensive Rebound.	11	8
12:15	Hamchetou Maiga Bad Pass. Stolen by Tamika Williams.	11	8
12:10	Svetlana Abrosimova missed Driving Layup.	11	8
12:08	Kristin Haynie Defensive Rebound.	11	8
12:03	Kristi Harrower Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	11	8
12:03	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert enters the game for Svetlana Abrosimova.	11	8
12:03	Kristin Haynie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	8
12:03	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	11	8
12:03	Erin Buescher enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	11	8
12:03	Nicole Powell enters the game for Hamchetou Maiga.	11	8
12:03	Kristin Haynie made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	9
11:45	Amanda Lassiter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	9
11:44	Tamika Williams Offensive Rebound.	11	9
11:33	Kristi Harrower Lost Ball. Stolen by Olympia Scott-Richardson.	11	9
11:29	Erin Buescher made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	11	11
11:15	Nicole Ohlde Bad Pass. Stolen by Kristin Haynie.	11	11
10:56	Tamika Williams Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	11	11
10:56	Minnesota Full Timeout.	11	11
10:56	Amber Jacobs enters the game for Nicole Ohlde.	11	11
10:56	Vanessa Hayden enters the game for Kristi Harrower.	11	11
10:56	Kristen Mann enters the game for Tamika Williams.	11	11
10:56	Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	12
10:56	Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	13
10:40	Erin Buescher Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	11	13
10:33	Amber Jacobs made Driving Layup.	13	13
10:11	Erin Buescher missed Layup.	13	13
10:10	Olympia Scott-Richardson Offensive Rebound.	13	13
10:08	Olympia Scott-Richardson made Layup.	13	15
10:08	Amanda Lassiter Shooting Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	13	15
10:08	Olympia Scott-Richardson made Free Throw 1 of 1.	13	16
9:51	Kristen Mann Bad Pass. Stolen by Olympia Scott-Richardson.	13	16
9:40	Kara Lawson made 18 ft Jumper.	13	18
9:22	Amber Jacobs Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Powell.	13	18
9:15	Kristin Haynie Bad Pass. Stolen by Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	13	18
9:02	Vanessa Hayden made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	15	18
8:48	Olympia Scott-Richardson made 7 ft Jumper.	15	20
8:17	Amber Jacobs missed Driving Layup.	15	20
8:15	Vanessa Hayden Offensive Rebound.	15	20
7:56	Olympia Scott-Richardson Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	15	20
7:56	Sacramento Full Timeout.	15	20
7:56	Svetlana Abrosimova enters the game for Amanda Lassiter.	15	20
7:56	Chelsea Newton enters the game for Olympia Scott-Richardson.	15	20
7:56	Ticha Penicheiro enters the game for Kara Lawson.	15	20
7:56	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Kristin Haynie.	15	20
7:56	Kristen Mann made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	20
7:56	Kristen Mann made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	20
7:43	Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.	17	20
7:41	Svetlana Abrosimova Defensive Rebound.	17	20
7:11	Vanessa Hayden missed 18 ft Jumper.	17	20
7:09	Kristen Mann Offensive Rebound.	17	20
7:07	Kristen Mann made 8 ft Jumper.	19	20
6:48	Nicole Powell Bad Pass	19	20
6:48	Tamika Williams enters the game for Kristen Mann.	19	20
6:33	Amber Jacobs's Driving Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.	19	20
6:31	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	19	20
6:22	Rebekkah Brunson made Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.	19	22
6:09	Nicole Ohlde enters the game for Vanessa Hayden.	19	22
6:09	Kristi Harrower enters the game for Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert.	19	22
6:09	Amanda Lassiter enters the game for Amber Jacobs.	19	22
6:05	Svetlana Abrosimova missed Jumper.	19	22
6:03	Chelsea Newton Defensive Rebound.	19	22
6:01	Svetlana Abrosimova Personal Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	19	22
6:01	Yolanda Griffith enters the game for Erin Buescher.	19	22
5:39	Yolanda Griffith missed 6 ft Jumper.	19	22
5:37	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	19	22
5:20	Nicole Ohlde missed Layup.	19	22
5:18	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	19	22
5:13	Ticha Penicheiro made 10 ft Jumper.	19	24
5:07	Minnesota Full Timeout.	19	24
4:48	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	19	24
4:37	Amanda Lassiter Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	19	24
4:24	Tamika Williams Personal Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	19	24
4:11	Ticha Penicheiro missed 10 ft Jumper.	19	24
4:09	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	19	24
4:07	Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.	19	24
4:05	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	19	24
4:05	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.	19	26
3:31	Kristi Harrower made 8 ft Running Jumper.	21	26
3:05	Rebekkah Brunson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	21	28
2:57	Svetlana Abrosimova Offensive Foul. Her 3rd Personal Foul.	21	28
2:57	Svetlana Abrosimova Foul	21	28
2:57	Hamchetou Maiga enters the game for Nicole Powell.	21	28
2:57	Kara Lawson enters the game for Chelsea Newton.	21	28
2:57	Vanessa Hayden enters the game for Tamika Williams.	21	28
2:34	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	21	28
2:34	Yolanda Griffith Foul	21	28
2:34	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert enters the game for Svetlana Abrosimova.	21	28
2:06	Nicole Ohlde missed Jumper.	21	28
2:04	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	21	28
1:51	Kristi Harrower Shooting Foul. Her 2nd Personal Foul.	21	28
1:51	Hamchetou Maiga made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	29
1:51	Hamchetou Maiga missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	29
1:51	Nicole Ohlde Defensive Rebound.	21	29
1:39	Kristi Harrower Traveling	21	29
1:31	Kara Lawson missed Jumper.	21	29
1:23	Amanda Lassiter Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga.	21	29
1:15	Yolanda Griffith Lost Ball. Stolen by Kristi Harrower.	21	29
1:07	Ticha Penicheiro Shooting Foul. Her 1st Personal Foul.	21	29
1:07	Amanda Lassiter made Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	29
1:07	Amber Jacobs enters the game for Kristi Harrower.	22	29
1:07	Amanda Lassiter missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	29
1:06	Nicole Ohlde Offensive Rebound.	22	29
1:02	Nicole Ohlde Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga.	22	29
57.4	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.	22	31
38.8	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Jacobs.	25	31
15.9	Ticha Penicheiro Lost Ball. Stolen by Nicole Ohlde.	25	31
1.9	Amber Jacobs Bad Pass. Stolen by Hamchetou Maiga.	25	31
0.3	Ticha Penicheiro missed 52 ft Three Point Jumper.	25	31
0.0	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	25	31
0.0	End of the 1st Half.	25	31

Regular Season Series

SAC wins 4-0

Monarchs
67
Lynx
66

Game 1

29/5

Lynx
50
Monarchs
67

Game 2

18/6

Lynx
54
Monarchs
67

Game 3

1/8

Monarchs
61
Lynx
52

Game 4

28/8

2:00 AM, 1 August 2005

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Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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