Monarchs 81-79 Sun (8 Aug, 2007) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Monarchs

17-11, 7-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	20	19	19	23	81
CT	27	12	20	20	79

Connecticut Sun

16-13, 8-8 home

Asjha Jones made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Margo Dydek made Layup. Assisted by Asjha Jones.
Margo Dydek made Jumper. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.
Nykesha Sales made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Asjha Jones made 8 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Nykesha Sales made 17 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Asjha Jones made 12 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones made Layup.
Katie Douglas missed Three Point Jumper.
Asjha Jones made Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Nykesha Sales missed 17 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Le'coe Willingham.
Evanthia Maltsi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Douglas missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Evanthia Maltsi made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Jamie Carey's 15 ft Jumper blocked by Scholanda Dorrell.
Kristen Rasmussen made 15 ft Jumper.
Jamie Carey made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Le'coe Willingham's Layup blocked by Nicole Powell.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 18 ft Jumper.
Nykesha Sales made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Evanthia Maltsi.
Nykesha Sales missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nykesha Sales missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Asjha Jones missed 13 ft Jumper.
Katie Douglas made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Asjha Jones missed 11 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones missed 5 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones missed 5 ft Jumper.
Evanthia Maltsi missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Evanthia Maltsi missed 14 ft Jumper.
Le'coe Willingham missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Le'coe Willingham made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.
Lindsay Whalen's Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Asjha Jones made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made 4 ft Jumper.
Asjha Jones missed 19 ft Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Douglas missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katie Douglas made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Asjha Jones made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Asjha Jones missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristen Rasmussen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kristen Rasmussen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Asjha Jones missed 17 ft Jumper.
Evanthia Maltsi made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.
Lindsay Whalen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Evanthia Maltsi.
Nykesha Sales missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nykesha Sales made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Evanthia Maltsi missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Evanthia Maltsi missed 33 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nykesha Sales missed Layup.
Nykesha Sales missed Layup.
Jamie Carey made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kristen Rasmussen.
Kristen Rasmussen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nykesha Sales made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nykesha Sales made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nykesha Sales made Layup. Assisted by Le'coe Willingham.
Katie Douglas missed Jumper.
Jamie Carey made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Le'coe Willingham.
Nykesha Sales missed Layup.
Katie Douglas missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Asjha Jones made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Douglas missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Katie Douglas made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lindsay Whalen made Layup.
Lindsay Whalen made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Nykesha Sales made Layup.
Lindsay Whalen missed Layup.
Nicole Powell missed 11 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made 4 ft Running Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Yolanda Griffith made 7 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 12 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made Layup.
Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Scholanda Dorrell made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Williams.
Adrian Williams made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Adrian Williams made Driving Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kara Lawson made 16 ft Jumper.
Kristin Haynie made 7 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Kara Lawson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith's Layup blocked by Margo Dydek.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Williams.
Kara Lawson made Driving Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Kara Lawson made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Kara Lawson made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.
Kara Lawson missed 42 ft Three Point Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Chelsea Newton missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 9 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell made Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell made Layup. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 7 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Adrian Williams missed 4 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams made Layup. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Adrian Williams missed 5 ft Jumper.
Ticha Penicheiro missed 5 ft Jumper.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kristin Haynie missed Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Williams made Layup.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Adrian Williams missed Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup.
Nicole Powell missed Technical Free Throw.
Yolanda Griffith missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Ticha Penicheiro missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell made 7 ft Jumper.
La'Tangela Atkinson missed Layup.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ticha Penicheiro.
Kara Lawson made Layup.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Ticha Penicheiro made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson made 16 ft Jumper.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Adrian Williams made Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson made Technical Free Throw.
Nicole Powell made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.

MONARCHS

SUN

TIME		SAC	CT
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Rebekkah Brunson vs. Margo Dydek. Katie Douglas gains possession.	0	0
9:48	Asjha Jones made Layup. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	0	2
9:27	Nicole Powell missed 11 ft Jumper.	0	2
9:26	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	0	2
9:03	Margo Dydek made Layup. Assisted by Asjha Jones.	0	4
8:56	Ticha Penicheiro made 4 ft Running Jumper.	2	4
8:56	Lindsay Whalen Shooting Foul. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	2	4
8:56	Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 1.	3	4
8:48	Asjha Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Chelsea Newton.	3	4
8:41	Ticha Penicheiro Bad Pass. Stolen by Nykesha Sales.	3	4
8:26	Margo Dydek made Jumper. Assisted by Nykesha Sales.	3	6
8:08	Yolanda Griffith made 7 ft Jumper.	5	6
8:02	Nykesha Sales made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	5	8
7:46	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	5	8
7:43	Lindsay Whalen Defensive Rebound.	5	8
7:33	Asjha Jones made 8 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	5	10
7:16	Nicole Powell Bad Pass. Stolen by Asjha Jones.	5	10
7:09	Katie Douglas Bad Pass. Stolen by Ticha Penicheiro.	5	10
7:03	Nykesha Sales Shooting Foul. Chelsea Newton gains possession.	5	10
7:03	Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	10
7:03	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	5	10
7:03	Chelsea Newton made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	10
6:50	Nykesha Sales made 17 ft Jumper.	6	12
6:39	Yolanda Griffith missed Jumper.	6	12
6:37	Asjha Jones Defensive Rebound.	6	12
6:24	Lindsay Whalen missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	12
6:22	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	6	12
6:09	Katie Douglas Shooting Foul. Ticha Penicheiro gains possession.	6	12
6:09	Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	12
6:09	Ticha Penicheiro made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	12
6:03	Asjha Jones made 12 ft Jumper.	8	14
5:47	Rebekkah Brunson missed 9 ft Jumper.	8	14
5:45	Margo Dydek Defensive Rebound.	8	14
5:33	Asjha Jones made Layup.	8	16
5:11	Margo Dydek Personal Foul. Yolanda Griffith gains possession.	8	16
5:11	Le'coe Willingham enters the game for Margo Dydek.	8	16
5:11	Kara Lawson enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	8	16
5:11	Adrian Williams enters the game for Nicole Powell.	8	16
4:56	Ticha Penicheiro missed 12 ft Jumper.	8	16
4:54	Chelsea Newton Offensive Rebound.	8	16
4:54	Chelsea Newton made Layup.	10	16
4:47	Katie Douglas missed Three Point Jumper.	10	16
4:46	Connecticut Offensive Rebound.	10	16
4:46	Rebekkah Brunson Loose Ball Foul. Nykesha Sales gains possession.	10	16
4:46	Official Timeout.	10	16
4:37	Asjha Jones made Jumper. Assisted by Lindsay Whalen.	10	18
4:20	Kara Lawson missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	18
4:18	Nykesha Sales Defensive Rebound.	10	18
4:03	Nykesha Sales missed 17 ft Jumper.	10	18
4:01	Kara Lawson Defensive Rebound.	10	18
3:44	Ticha Penicheiro missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	18
3:43	Asjha Jones Defensive Rebound.	10	18
3:33	Asjha Jones made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Le'coe Willingham.	10	20
3:13	Le'coe Willingham Shooting Foul. Chelsea Newton gains possession.	10	20
3:13	Nicole Powell enters the game for Ticha Penicheiro.	10	20
3:13	Evanthia Maltsi enters the game for Nykesha Sales.	10	20
3:13	Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	10	20
3:13	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	10	20
3:13	Chelsea Newton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	10	20
3:13	Jamie Carey enters the game for Lindsay Whalen.	20	27
3:12	Jamie Carey Defensive Rebound.	10	20
3:04	Kristin Haynie enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	10	20
2:57	Evanthia Maltsi missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	20
2:54	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	10	20
2:47	Kara Lawson made Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.	12	20
2:27	Katie Douglas missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	20
2:26	Connecticut Defensive Rebound.	12	20
2:26	Scholanda Dorrell enters the game for Chelsea Newton.	12	20
2:26	Kristen Rasmussen enters the game for Asjha Jones.	12	20
2:12	Scholanda Dorrell made Layup. Assisted by Adrian Williams.	14	20
1:57	Evanthia Maltsi made Layup. Assisted by Katie Douglas.	14	22
1:38	Adrian Williams made Layup. Assisted by Scholanda Dorrell.	16	22
1:23	Jamie Carey's 15 ft Jumper blocked by Scholanda Dorrell.	16	22
1:23	Connecticut Offensive Rebound.	16	22
1:23	Nykesha Sales enters the game for Katie Douglas.	16	22
1:15	Kristen Rasmussen made 15 ft Jumper.	16	24
1:00	Adrian Williams Offensive Foul. Kristen Rasmussen gains possession.	16	24
1:00	Adrian Williams Foul	16	24
46.9	Jamie Carey made 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	27
37.0	Adrian Williams made Driving Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	18	27
23.6	Kristin Haynie Personal Foul. Evanthia Maltsi gains possession.	18	27
10.9	Le'coe Willingham's Layup blocked by Nicole Powell.	18	27
8.9	Kara Lawson Defensive Rebound.	18	27
0.4	Kara Lawson made 16 ft Jumper.	20	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	20	27

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Sun
82
Monarchs
78

Game 1

13/7

Monarchs
81
Sun
79

Game 2

8/8

Mohegan Sun Arena

12:00 AM, 8 August 2007

Uncasville, CT

Referees:
Tony Dawkins
Josh Tiven
June Courteau

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	13	3	.813	-	W6
Seattle	10	6	.625	3	W1
Las Vegas	8	6	.571	4	W2
Phoenix	8	8	.500	5	L1
Los Angeles	4	13	.235	9.5	L6
Dallas	3	13	.188	10	L11

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