Monarchs 74-62 Comets (2 Aug, 2006) Play-by-Play

Houston Comets

16-13, 5-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	23	8	18	13	62
SAC	16	17	25	16	74

Sacramento Monarchs

18-11, 12-3 home

Kara Lawson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Yolanda Griffith's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.
Nicole Powell missed Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 5 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made 6 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made 4 ft Hook Shot.
DeMya Walker's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.
DeMya Walker missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
Nicole Powell's Jumper blocked by Tamecka Dixon.
Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kara Lawson's Two Point Shot blocked by Mistie Williams.
Kara Lawson missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristin Haynie missed 17 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kristin Haynie missed 14 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed 7 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed 5 ft Hook Shot.
Erin Buescher made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 10 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Jumper.
Erin Buescher made Layup.
Erin Buescher made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 16 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Erin Buescher missed Layup.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker missed 15 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
DeMya Walker missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Technical Free Throw.
DeMya Walker missed 5 ft Two Point Shot.
DeMya Walker made Layup.
Kara Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson missed 6 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kara Lawson missed Layup.
Nicole Powell made 6 ft Running Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nicole Powell missed 20 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Driving Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 11 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 6 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Buescher missed Jumper.
Erin Buescher made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell made Layup.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 9 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 6 ft Jumper.
Erin Buescher missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kim Smith missed 16 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker missed 6 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
DeMya Walker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
DeMya Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
DeMya Walker's Layup blocked by Michelle Snow.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Michelle Snow missed 4 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 15 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Tamecka Dixon made Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Michelle Snow missed Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 9 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Michelle Snow made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 18 ft Jumper.
Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Mistie Williams made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Dawn Staley's 24 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Nicole Powell.
Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tari Phillips missed Two Point Shot.
Roneeka Hodges made 8 ft Running Jumper.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 8 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Tari Phillips made Layup. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Dawn Staley missed 16 ft Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 19 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 19 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 13 ft Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dawn Staley missed 10 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Tamecka Dixon made 20 ft Jumper.
Tari Phillips made Layup. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Dawn Staley missed 11 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tari Phillips missed 16 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 16 ft Jumper.
Anastasia Kostaki missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.
Anastasia Kostaki made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Anastasia Kostaki missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anastasia Kostaki missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 9 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Michelle Snow missed 11 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Layup.
Dawn Staley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.
Sheryl Swoopes missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 7 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 14 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sheryl Swoopes made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Dawn Staley missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges missed 10 ft Jumper.

COMETS

MONARCHS

TIME		HOU	SAC
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Yolanda Griffith. Kara Lawson gains possession.	0	0
9:40	Nicole Powell 3 second	0	0
9:30	Michelle Snow missed 4 ft Jumper.	0	0
9:30	Houston Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:15	Sheryl Swoopes made 15 ft Jumper.	2	0
9:02	Kara Lawson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	2	3
8:37	Michelle Snow made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	4	3
8:22	Yolanda Griffith Bad Pass. Stolen by Sheryl Swoopes.	4	3
8:04	Tamecka Dixon made Jumper. Assisted by Michelle Snow.	6	3
7:52	Yolanda Griffith's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.	6	3
7:52	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	6	3
7:43	Nicole Powell missed Layup.	6	3
7:43	Mistie Williams Defensive Rebound.	6	3
7:35	Michelle Snow missed Jumper.	6	3
7:33	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	6	3
7:28	Michelle Snow Shooting Foul. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	6	3
7:28	Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	4
7:28	Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	5
7:11	Michelle Snow made 9 ft Jumper.	8	5
7:00	Yolanda Griffith missed 5 ft Jumper.	8	5
6:58	Mistie Williams Defensive Rebound.	8	5
6:47	Dawn Staley made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	10	5
6:28	DeMya Walker made 6 ft Jumper.	10	7
6:20	Nicole Powell Personal Foul. Sheryl Swoopes gains possession.	10	7
6:05	Michelle Snow made 4 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.	12	7
5:50	Yolanda Griffith Bad Pass	12	7
5:35	Sheryl Swoopes missed 18 ft Jumper.	12	7
5:33	Ticha Penicheiro Defensive Rebound.	12	7
5:28	Mistie Williams Personal Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	12	7
5:28	Kristin Haynie enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	12	7
5:28	Rebekkah Brunson enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	12	7
5:24	DeMya Walker made 4 ft Hook Shot.	12	9
5:11	Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	14	9
4:56	Mistie Williams Personal Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	14	9
4:56	Official Timeout.	14	9
4:46	DeMya Walker's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.	14	9
4:46	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	14	9
4:46	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Nicole Powell. Houston gains possession.	14	9
4:46	Nicole Powell Lane Violation	14	9
4:33	Sheryl Swoopes made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	16	9
4:18	DeMya Walker missed 8 ft Hook Shot.	16	9
4:18	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	16	9
4:03	Nicole Powell's Jumper blocked by Tamecka Dixon.	16	9
4:01	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	16	9
3:50	Mistie Williams made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sheryl Swoopes.	18	9
3:34	Kara Lawson made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	18	12
3:08	Dawn Staley's 24 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Nicole Powell.	18	12
3:04	Kristin Haynie Defensive Rebound.	18	12
3:00	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	18	14
2:46	Mistie Williams made Layup. Assisted by Dawn Staley.	20	14
2:28	Kara Lawson's Two Point Shot blocked by Mistie Williams.	20	14
2:27	Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Rebound.	20	14
2:20	Sheryl Swoopes missed 16 ft Jumper.	20	14
2:19	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	20	14
2:12	Kara Lawson missed 20 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	14
2:10	Tamecka Dixon Defensive Rebound.	20	14
1:57	Tamecka Dixon Bad Pass. Stolen by Kristin Haynie.	20	14
1:53	Kristin Haynie missed 17 ft Jumper.	20	14
1:51	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	20	14
1:47	Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	14
1:46	Dawn Staley Defensive Rebound.	20	14
1:27	Tamecka Dixon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	14
1:24	DeMya Walker Defensive Rebound.	20	14
1:14	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	20	14
1:13	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	20	14
1:13	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.	20	16
1:13	Mistie Williams Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	20	16
1:13	Scholanda Dorrell enters the game for Nicole Powell.	20	16
1:13	Erin Buescher enters the game for DeMya Walker.	20	16
1:13	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba enters the game for Kara Lawson.	20	16
1:13	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta enters the game for Mistie Williams.	20	16
1:13	Roneeka Hodges enters the game for Tamecka Dixon.	20	16
1:13	Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	20	16
1:13	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Offensive Rebound.	20	16
1:08	Kristin Haynie Bad Pass. Stolen by Sheryl Swoopes.	20	16
1:02	Roneeka Hodges missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	20	16
1:00	Scholanda Dorrell Defensive Rebound.	20	16
54.9	Kristin Haynie missed 14 ft Jumper.	20	16
53.7	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta Defensive Rebound.	20	16
42.0	Scholanda Dorrell Personal Foul. Dawn Staley gains possession.	20	16
42.0	Tari Phillips enters the game for Michelle Snow.	20	16
42.0	Anastasia Kostaki enters the game for Dawn Staley.	20	16
33.4	Sheryl Swoopes made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.	23	16
13.9	Kristin Haynie Bad Pass. Stolen by Sheryl Swoopes.	23	16
0.0	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta missed 15 ft Jumper.	23	16
0.0	Houston Offensive Rebound.	23	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	23	16

Regular Season Series

HOU wins 3-1

Comets
81
Monarchs
66

Game 1

26/5

Monarchs
66
Comets
73

Game 2

15/6

Monarchs
62
Comets
77

Game 3

2/7

Comets
62
Monarchs
74

Game 4

2/8

3:00 AM, 2 August 2006

Referees:
Lisa Mattingly
Barb Smith
Lamont Simpson

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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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