Monarchs 94-61 Shock (31 Jul, 2006) Play-by-Play

Detroit Shock

18-8, 8-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
TUL	21	6	13	21	61
SAC	21	24	22	27	94

Sacramento Monarchs

17-11, 11-3 home

Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 6 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker missed 11 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 10 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 11 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 12 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made Jumper. Assisted by Erin Buescher.
Rebekkah Brunson made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kristin Haynie made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristin Haynie missed Layup.
Nicole Powell made Technical Free Throw.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed 4 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 8 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro's 15 ft Jumper blocked by Angelina Williams.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell made Driving Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson missed Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 16 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 13 ft Running Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson's Jumper blocked by Cheryl Ford.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher missed Layup.
Kristin Haynie missed Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Kim Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Kim Smith made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Kristin Haynie made 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 14 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed 4 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kim Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
DeMya Walker missed Layup.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 11 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 11 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 13 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristin Haynie missed Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 5 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Layup.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Scholanda Dorrell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Swin Cash made Layup.
Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Deanna Nolan made Driving Layup.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Nolan missed Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 16 ft Jumper.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley made Two Point Shot.
Ruth Riley made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cheryl Ford.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ruth Riley missed Jumper.
Deanna Nolan missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ruth Riley's Driving Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Nolan missed 13 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed Layup.
Deanna Nolan made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Swin Cash.
Plenette Pierson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Deanna Nolan missed 15 ft Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cheryl Ford made Layup. Assisted by Ruth Riley.
Deanna Nolan missed Layup.
Cheryl Ford's Layup blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Cheryl Ford missed Layup.
Ruth Riley missed 18 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 15 ft Jumper.
Ruth Riley missed Jumper.
Swin Cash missed 12 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Angelina Williams missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Plenette Pierson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Katie Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Deanna Nolan missed 18 ft Jumper.
Cheryl Ford missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cheryl Ford missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Deanna Nolan missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cheryl Ford missed 6 ft Jumper.
Swin Cash's Layup blocked by Nicole Powell.
Jacqueline Batteast missed 18 ft Jumper.
Deanna Nolan missed 6 ft Running Jumper.
Cheryl Ford made Layup.
Katie Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Angelina Williams made Layup.
Angelina Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Angelina Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cheryl Ford missed Layup.
Cheryl Ford made Layup.
Angelina Williams missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed Jumper.
Kara Braxton made 5 ft Jumper.
Angelina Williams missed 16 ft Jumper.
Angelina Williams missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kedra Holland-Corn made Driving Layup.
Kara Braxton missed 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Braxton missed Layup.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Kedra Holland-Corn.
Kara Braxton missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kedra Holland-Corn missed 17 ft Jumper.
Elaine Powell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Elaine Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Plenette Pierson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Jacqueline Batteast's Layup blocked by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Elaine Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Elaine Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jacqueline Batteast missed Layup.
Kedra Holland-Corn made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacqueline Batteast.
Kedra Holland-Corn made Jumper. Assisted by Plenette Pierson.
Angelina Williams missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jacqueline Batteast missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jacqueline Batteast made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kedra Holland-Corn made 13 ft Jumper.
Jacqueline Batteast made Jumper. Assisted by Elaine Powell.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Plenette Pierson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jacqueline Batteast made Jumper. Assisted by Elaine Powell.

SHOCK

MONARCHS

TIME		TUL	SAC
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Cheryl Ford vs. Yolanda Griffith. Swin Cash gains possession.	0	0
9:45	Deanna Nolan Bad Pass. Stolen by Scholanda Dorrell.	0	0
9:37	DeMya Walker Bad Pass	0	0
9:23	Deanna Nolan Bad Pass	0	0
9:18	Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:17	DeMya Walker Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:15	DeMya Walker made Layup.	0	2
9:07	Katie Smith Offensive Foul. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	0	2
9:07	Katie Smith Foul	0	2
8:56	Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
8:53	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	0	2
8:49	Swin Cash made Layup.	2	2
8:49	Scholanda Dorrell Shooting Foul. Swin Cash gains possession.	2	2
8:49	Swin Cash made Free Throw 1 of 1.	3	2
8:37	Cheryl Ford Personal Foul. DeMya Walker gains possession.	3	2
8:32	Ticha Penicheiro missed 6 ft Jumper.	3	2
8:29	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	3	2
8:25	DeMya Walker missed 11 ft Jumper.	3	2
8:22	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	3	2
8:17	Deanna Nolan made Driving Layup.	5	2
7:58	Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	5	2
7:56	Deanna Nolan Defensive Rebound.	5	2
7:41	DeMya Walker Shooting Foul. Cheryl Ford gains possession.	5	2
7:41	Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	2
7:41	Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	2
7:20	DeMya Walker missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.	7	2
7:20	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	7	2
7:03	Deanna Nolan missed Jumper.	7	2
7:01	Cheryl Ford Offensive Rebound.	7	2
7:00	Katie Smith missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	2
6:58	Scholanda Dorrell Defensive Rebound.	7	2
6:43	DeMya Walker made 6 ft Two Point Shot.	7	4
6:35	Deanna Nolan Bad Pass	7	4
6:18	Yolanda Griffith missed 9 ft Jumper.	7	4
6:16	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	7	4
6:05	Swin Cash missed 16 ft Jumper.	7	4
6:03	Detroit Defensive Rebound.	7	4
5:56	Ticha Penicheiro missed 10 ft Jumper.	7	4
5:54	Yolanda Griffith Offensive Rebound.	7	4
5:54	Ruth Riley Shooting Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	7	4
5:54	Kara Lawson enters the game for DeMya Walker.	7	4
5:54	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Scholanda Dorrell.	7	4
5:54	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	5
5:54	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	6
5:39	Swin Cash Bad Pass. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	7	6
5:31	Swin Cash Shooting Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	7	6
5:31	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	7
5:31	Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	8
5:15	Ticha Penicheiro Shooting Foul. Deanna Nolan gains possession.	7	8
5:15	Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	8
5:15	Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.	9	8
5:01	Yolanda Griffith missed 11 ft Jumper.	9	8
4:58	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	9	8
4:48	Rebekkah Brunson Shooting Foul. Cheryl Ford gains possession.	9	8
4:48	Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 1 of 2.	10	8
4:48	Cheryl Ford made Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	8
4:48	Official Timeout.	9	8
4:33	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	11	10
4:15	Katie Smith missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	10
4:13	Ruth Riley Offensive Rebound.	11	10
4:11	Ruth Riley made Two Point Shot.	13	10
3:47	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	13	12
3:19	Ruth Riley made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cheryl Ford.	15	12
3:02	Ticha Penicheiro missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	12
3:01	Cheryl Ford Defensive Rebound.	15	12
2:59	Ticha Penicheiro Personal Foul. Deanna Nolan gains possession.	15	12
2:59	Kristin Haynie enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	15	12
2:59	Erin Buescher enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	15	12
2:59	Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	12
2:59	Plenette Pierson enters the game for Cheryl Ford.	16	12
2:59	Deanna Nolan made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	12
2:43	Nicole Powell made 12 ft Jumper.	17	14
2:31	Ruth Riley missed Jumper.	17	14
2:30	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	17	14
2:19	Kara Lawson made Jumper. Assisted by Erin Buescher.	17	16
1:59	Deanna Nolan missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	16
1:57	Kara Lawson Defensive Rebound.	17	16
1:39	Rebekkah Brunson made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	17	18
1:13	Ruth Riley's Driving Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.	17	18
1:13	Detroit Offensive Rebound.	17	18
1:13	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba enters the game for Nicole Powell.	17	18
1:12	24 second	17	18
59.9	Kristin Haynie made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.	17	21
48.6	Erin Buescher Personal Foul. Katie Smith gains possession.	17	21
48.6	Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	18	21
48.6	Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	19	21
36.9	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Traveling	19	21
22.2	Erin Buescher Personal Foul. Katie Smith gains possession.	19	21
22.2	Katie Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	21
22.2	Katie Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	21
13.4	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Foul. Plenette Pierson gains possession.	21	21
13.4	Rebekkah Brunson Foul	21	21
0.9	Deanna Nolan missed 13 ft Jumper.	21	21
0.3	Plenette Pierson Offensive Rebound.	21	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	21	21

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Monarchs
71
Shock
91

Game 1

27/7

Shock
61
Monarchs
94

Game 2

31/7

2:00 AM, 31 July 2006

Referees:
Roy Gulbeyan
John Fullilove
Leslie Claybrook

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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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