Sting 73-67 Shock (19 Jul, 2006) Play-by-Play

Charlotte Sting

6-16, 2-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	16	17	16	24	73
TUL	14	14	20	19	67

Detroit Shock

14-7, 7-2 home

Katie Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Deanna Nolan missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Cheryl Ford made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Katie Smith missed Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed 18 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cheryl Ford missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Cheryl Ford.
Katie Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley's 17 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Ruth Riley made 16 ft Jumper.
Deanna Nolan made Driving Layup.
Plenette Pierson made 7 ft Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Deanna Nolan missed Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Braxton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Braxton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jacqueline Batteast missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made Hook Shot. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Kara Braxton missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 15 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 15 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley made 18 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed 18 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made 15 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed Layup.
Deanna Nolan missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Cheryl Ford missed 11 ft Jumper.
Deanna Nolan missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 18 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Smith missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Braxton made Driving Layup. Assisted by Plenette Pierson.
Deanna Nolan missed 15 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Layup. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Katie Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed Layup.
Ruth Riley's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Swin Cash missed 17 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made 6 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford made Layup. Assisted by Deanna Nolan.
Plenette Pierson made Layup. Assisted by Deanna Nolan.
Ruth Riley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Smith made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Deanna Nolan.
Deanna Nolan made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Katie Smith made Driving Layup.
Deanna Nolan missed 13 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Layup. Assisted by Plenette Pierson.
Katie Smith's Layup blocked by Tangela Smith.
Plenette Pierson missed 15 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Swin Cash.
Katie Smith made 17 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford's 9 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Swin Cash missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ruth Riley missed 8 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford made Layup. Assisted by Kedra Holland-Corn.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 17 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford missed Layup.
Katie Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed 16 ft Jumper.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Layup. Assisted by Ruth Riley.
Deanna Nolan missed Layup.
Katie Smith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Layup. Assisted by Katie Smith.
Swin Cash missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cheryl Ford.
Sheri Sam missed 5 ft Jumper.
Sheri Sam made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Monique Currie.
Sheri Sam made Layup. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Tangela Smith missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheri Sam made Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Sheri Sam.
Tangela Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sheri Sam missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheri Sam missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheri Sam missed 20 ft Jumper.
Janel McCarville's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Ruth Riley.
Tangela Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monique Currie made Layup.
Tangela Smith missed Layup.
Janel McCarville made Layup.
Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allison Feaster made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Janel McCarville.
Janel McCarville missed Layup.
Tye'sha Fluker missed Layup.
Tye'sha Fluker missed 10 ft Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Mazzante missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
LaToya Bond made Free Throw 1 of 2.
LaToya Bond made Free Throw 2 of 2.
LaToya Bond made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tangela Smith.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 16 ft Jumper.
Sheri Sam missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Helen Darling made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Monique Currie.
Monique Currie missed Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed 13 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Tangela Smith missed 18 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie missed Layup.
Monique Currie made Layup.
Sheri Sam made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheri Sam made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Helen Darling's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Cheryl Ford.
Monique Currie missed Layup.
Sheri Sam missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Helen Darling.
Helen Darling missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Driving Layup.
Sheri Sam made Two Point Shot.
Tangela Smith made 16 ft Jumper.
Sheri Sam made Driving Layup.
Tangela Smith made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Ayana Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ayana Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made 9 ft Hook Shot.
Tangela Smith made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ayana Walker.
Tangela Smith missed Layup.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante made 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tangela Smith made 17 ft Jumper.
Sheri Sam made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Sheri Sam missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kelly Mazzante missed 10 ft Running Jumper.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monique Currie made 11 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tangela Smith missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Tangela Smith made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kelly Mazzante.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kelly Mazzante made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kelly Mazzante made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tammy Sutton-Brown missed Free Throw 2 of 2.

STING

SHOCK

TIME		CHA	TUL
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Ruth Riley. Sheri Sam gains possession.	0	0
9:33	Sheri Sam missed 5 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:30	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:23	Katie Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:22	Detroit Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:22	Swin Cash Personal Foul. Tammy Sutton-Brown gains possession.	0	0
9:03	Sheri Sam made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Monique Currie.	3	0
8:47	Tammy Sutton-Brown Personal Foul. Cheryl Ford gains possession.	3	0
8:41	Deanna Nolan missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	3	0
8:41	Monique Currie Defensive Rebound.	3	0
8:23	Sheri Sam made Layup. Assisted by Helen Darling.	5	0
8:14	Swin Cash missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.	5	0
8:12	Detroit Defensive Rebound.	5	0
7:58	Tangela Smith missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	0
7:56	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	5	0
7:41	Cheryl Ford made 7 ft Two Point Shot.	5	2
7:31	Sheri Sam made Jumper.	7	2
7:13	Katie Smith missed Jumper.	7	2
7:11	Sheri Sam Defensive Rebound.	7	2
7:03	Tammy Sutton-Brown made Layup. Assisted by Sheri Sam.	9	2
6:37	Ruth Riley missed 18 ft Jumper.	9	2
6:37	Sheri Sam Defensive Rebound.	9	2
6:22	Tangela Smith made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tammy Sutton-Brown.	12	2
6:20	Detroit Full Timeout.	12	2
6:01	Cheryl Ford Bad Pass. Stolen by Tammy Sutton-Brown.	12	2
5:54	Tammy Sutton-Brown missed 16 ft Jumper.	12	2
5:52	Deanna Nolan Defensive Rebound.	12	2
5:41	Tammy Sutton-Brown Shooting Foul. Cheryl Ford gains possession.	12	2
5:41	Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	3
5:41	Cheryl Ford missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	3
5:41	Swin Cash Offensive Rebound.	12	3
5:39	Swin Cash missed Layup.	12	3
5:37	Monique Currie Defensive Rebound.	12	3
5:26	Tangela Smith Turnover	12	3
5:05	Swin Cash made Layup. Assisted by Cheryl Ford.	12	5
4:46	Tangela Smith Traveling	12	5
4:46	Janel McCarville enters the game for Tammy Sutton-Brown.	12	5
4:30	Cheryl Ford 3 second	12	5
4:18	Cheryl Ford Shooting Foul. Sheri Sam gains possession.	12	5
4:18	Sheri Sam missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	5
4:18	Charlotte Offensive Rebound.	12	5
4:18	Sheri Sam missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	5
4:18	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	12	5
4:03	Katie Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	5
4:01	Helen Darling Defensive Rebound.	12	5
3:54	Sheri Sam missed 20 ft Jumper.	12	5
3:51	Katie Smith Defensive Rebound.	12	5
3:48	Helen Darling Personal Foul. Katie Smith gains possession.	12	5
3:38	Ruth Riley's 17 ft Jumper blocked by Tangela Smith.	12	5
3:35	Sheri Sam Defensive Rebound.	12	5
3:19	Janel McCarville's 7 ft Jumper blocked by Ruth Riley.	12	5
3:17	Swin Cash Defensive Rebound.	12	5
3:08	Ruth Riley made 16 ft Jumper.	12	7
2:56	Tangela Smith missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	7
2:53	Janel McCarville Offensive Rebound.	12	7
2:47	Monique Currie made Layup.	14	7
2:39	Deanna Nolan made Driving Layup.	14	9
2:28	Cheryl Ford Personal Foul. Tangela Smith gains possession.	14	9
2:28	Kedra Holland-Corn enters the game for Katie Smith.	14	9
2:28	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Cheryl Ford.	14	9
2:28	Kelly Mazzante enters the game for Monique Currie.	14	9
2:17	Tangela Smith missed Layup.	14	9
2:16	Janel McCarville Offensive Rebound.	14	9
2:15	Janel McCarville made Layup.	16	9
1:57	Plenette Pierson made 7 ft Jumper.	16	11
1:40	Tangela Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	11
1:39	Charlotte Defensive Rebound.	16	11
1:39	Jacqueline Batteast enters the game for Swin Cash.	16	11
1:39	LaToya Bond enters the game for Helen Darling.	16	11
1:39	Tye'sha Fluker enters the game for Tangela Smith.	16	11
1:22	Kedra Holland-Corn missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	11
1:20	Janel McCarville Defensive Rebound.	16	11
1:07	Kelly Mazzante Bad Pass. Stolen by Kedra Holland-Corn.	16	11
56.9	Deanna Nolan missed Jumper.	16	11
55.0	Plenette Pierson Offensive Rebound.	16	11
55.0	Janel McCarville Shooting Foul. Plenette Pierson gains possession.	16	11
55.0	Allison Feaster enters the game for Sheri Sam.	16	11
55.0	Kara Braxton enters the game for Ruth Riley.	16	11
55.0	Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	12
55.0	Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	13
39.9	Kelly Mazzante missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	13
37.9	Deanna Nolan Defensive Rebound.	16	13
25.7	Tye'sha Fluker Shooting Foul. Kara Braxton gains possession.	16	13
25.7	Kara Braxton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	13
25.7	Detroit Offensive Rebound.	16	13
25.7	Kara Braxton made Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	14
7.5	Kelly Mazzante Turnover	16	14
0.5	Jacqueline Batteast missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	14
0.0	Detroit Offensive Rebound.	16	14
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	16	14

Regular Season Series

TUL wins 2-1

Shock
86
Sting
74

Game 1

22/6

Sting
61
Shock
71

Game 2

25/6

Sting
73
Shock
67

Game 3

19/7

The Palace of Auburn Hills

5:00 PM, 19 July 2006

Auburn Hills, MI

Referees:
Lamont Simpson
Bonita Spence
Clarke Stevens

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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