Comets 83-75 Monarchs (11 Aug, 2007) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Monarchs

17-13, 7-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	16	20	19	20	75
HOU	14	27	17	25	83

Houston Comets

11-19, 7-9 home

Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Two Point Shot.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle missed 6 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Two Point Shot.
Tina Thompson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made 15 ft Jumper.
Crystal Smith made Driving Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Tamecka Dixon missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson missed Layup.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Erin Grant missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Sancho Lyttle made Layup. Assisted by Erin Grant.
Sancho Lyttle missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Erin Grant's Layup blocked by Scholanda Dorrell.
Tamecka Dixon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Roneeka Hodges made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Tamecka Dixon made 17 ft Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Jumper. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Erin Grant.
Latasha Byears made Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Latasha Byears missed Layup.
Roneeka Hodges missed Three Point Jumper.
Latasha Byears made Layup.
Latasha Byears missed Layup.
Roneeka Hodges missed Layup.
Tina Thompson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 13 ft Jumper.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Layup.
Tina Thompson made Layup.
Crystal Smith made Layup.
Tamecka Dixon missed Driving Layup.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon's 34 ft Three Point Jumper blocked by Kara Lawson.
Tina Thompson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.
Tina Thompson's Driving Layup blocked by Yolanda Griffith.
Tina Thompson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle made Tip Shot.
Crystal Smith missed 8 ft Running Jumper.
Sancho Lyttle missed Layup.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon made 17 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Roneeka Hodges.
Tina Thompson missed 8 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Erin Grant.
Tamecka Dixon missed Driving Layup.
Sancho Lyttle's Layup blocked by Rebekkah Brunson.
Ashley Shields missed Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tina Thompson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Erin Grant.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson missed 8 ft Running Jumper.
Michelle Snow made Layup.
Tamecka Dixon made Layup.
Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Layup. Assisted by Tamecka Dixon.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon missed Layup.
Crystal Smith made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.
Tina Thompson missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Tamecka Dixon's Jumper blocked by Kara Lawson.
Tamecka Dixon made 19 ft Jumper.
Tamecka Dixon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Tamecka Dixon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Sancho Lyttle made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
Kristin Haynie missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Chelsea Newton missed Jumper.
Nicole Powell's Layup blocked by Tina Thompson.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Kara Lawson missed Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Kristin Haynie made Driving Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made Technical Free Throw.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Tip Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell made Driving Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Scholanda Dorrell made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Kristin Haynie made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Scholanda Dorrell missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Rebekkah Brunson.
Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Kristin Haynie missed 19 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kristin Haynie missed Layup.
Kristin Haynie missed Layup.
Chelsea Newton missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Adrian Williams.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Chelsea Newton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Nicole Powell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.
Yolanda Griffith missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kristin Haynie missed 13 ft Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made Layup. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Yolanda Griffith made Jumper. Assisted by Kristin Haynie.
Scholanda Dorrell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Scholanda Dorrell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Adrian Williams made 13 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Yolanda Griffith missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Nicole Powell's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Sancho Lyttle.
Rebekkah Brunson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Nicole Powell made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Chelsea Newton missed 19 ft Running Jumper.
Yolanda Griffith made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Adrian Williams missed Layup.
Adrian Williams missed Layup.
Kara Lawson made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Kara Lawson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kara Lawson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Adrian Williams missed 12 ft Jumper.
Kara Lawson made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Kara Lawson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kristin Haynie made 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Chelsea Newton missed Layup.
Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.
Nicole Powell missed 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Nicole Powell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Nicole Powell missed 13 ft Jumper.
Chelsea Newton made Layup. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Kara Lawson missed 14 ft Jumper.
Nicole Powell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.
Adrian Williams missed 17 ft Jumper.

MONARCHS

COMETS

TIME		SAC	HOU
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Rebekkah Brunson vs. Michelle Snow. Crystal Smith gains possession.	0	0
9:41	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Two Point Shot.	0	0
9:38	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:22	Nicole Powell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chelsea Newton.	3	0
9:07	Crystal Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	3	0
8:56	Rebekkah Brunson's Layup blocked by Sancho Lyttle.	3	0
8:55	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	3	0
8:41	Sancho Lyttle Bad Pass. Stolen by Nicole Powell.	3	0
8:30	Rebekkah Brunson missed 6 ft Hook Shot.	3	0
8:29	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	3	0
8:21	Nicole Powell Shooting Foul. Hamchetou Maiga-Ba gains possession.	3	0
8:21	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	0
8:21	Houston Offensive Rebound.	3	0
8:21	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	3	0
8:19	Rebekkah Brunson Defensive Rebound.	3	0
8:07	Kristin Haynie missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	3	0
8:04	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	3	0
7:58	Sancho Lyttle Traveling	3	0
7:46	Chelsea Newton made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	6	0
7:26	Sancho Lyttle missed 6 ft Jumper.	6	0
7:24	Sancho Lyttle Offensive Rebound.	6	0
7:22	Sancho Lyttle made Layup.	6	2
6:56	Chelsea Newton missed Jumper.	6	2
6:54	Sancho Lyttle Defensive Rebound.	6	2
6:48	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba missed Two Point Shot.	6	2
6:48	Houston Offensive Rebound.	6	2
6:43	Tina Thompson missed 14 ft Jumper.	6	2
6:43	Kristin Haynie Defensive Rebound.	6	2
6:30	Nicole Powell's Layup blocked by Tina Thompson.	6	2
6:28	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	6	2
6:28	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Shooting Foul. Rebekkah Brunson gains possession.	6	2
6:28	Rebekkah Brunson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	2
6:28	Sacramento Offensive Rebound.	6	2
6:28	Tamecka Dixon enters the game for Sancho Lyttle.	6	2
6:28	Rebekkah Brunson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	7	2
6:16	Chelsea Newton Personal Foul. Crystal Smith gains possession.	7	2
6:16	Kara Lawson enters the game for Chelsea Newton.	7	2
6:11	Tamecka Dixon made 15 ft Jumper.	7	4
5:54	Kara Lawson missed 12 ft Jumper.	7	4
5:52	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	7	4
5:52	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	7	4
5:50	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Defensive Rebound.	7	4
5:45	Crystal Smith made Driving Layup. Assisted by Hamchetou Maiga-Ba.	7	6
5:28	Kara Lawson missed Jumper.	7	6
5:24	Sacramento Defensive Rebound.	7	6
5:09	Michelle Snow Bad Pass. Stolen by Yolanda Griffith.	7	6
5:05	Rebekkah Brunson made Layup. Assisted by Yolanda Griffith.	9	6
4:41	Tamecka Dixon missed 15 ft Jumper.	9	6
4:41	Yolanda Griffith Defensive Rebound.	9	6
4:31	Crystal Smith Personal Foul. Kristin Haynie gains possession.	9	6
4:31	Full Timeout.	9	6
4:31	Adrian Williams enters the game for Yolanda Griffith.	9	6
4:26	Kristin Haynie made Driving Layup.	11	6
4:09	Tina Thompson missed Layup.	11	6
4:07	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	11	6
4:00	Rebekkah Brunson missed 10 ft Jumper.	11	6
3:58	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	11	6
3:41	Tamecka Dixon Bad Pass. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	11	6
3:39	La'Tangela Atkinson enters the game for Nicole Powell.	11	6
3:25	Tina Thompson Technical Foul. Her 1st Technical Foul.	11	6
3:25	Kara Lawson made Technical Free Throw.	12	6
3:25	Erin Grant enters the game for Crystal Smith.	12	6
3:17	Adrian Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Erin Grant.	12	6
3:15	Erin Grant Jump Ball	12	6
3:15	Scholanda Dorrell enters the game for Kristin Haynie.	12	6
3:00	Hamchetou Maiga-Ba made Driving Layup.	12	8
2:47	Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.	12	8
2:47	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	12	8
2:45	Michelle Snow Lost Ball. Stolen by Rebekkah Brunson.	12	8
2:30	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	12	8
2:27	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	12	8
2:27	Rebekkah Brunson missed Tip Shot.	12	8
2:26	Rebekkah Brunson Offensive Rebound.	12	8
2:25	Rebekkah Brunson missed Layup.	12	8
2:24	Michelle Snow Defensive Rebound.	12	8
2:16	Kara Lawson Shooting Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	12	8
2:16	Nicole Powell enters the game for Rebekkah Brunson.	12	8
2:16	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	12	9
2:16	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	10
2:00	Scholanda Dorrell made Driving Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.	14	10
1:40	Tamecka Dixon Bad Pass. Stolen by Kara Lawson.	14	10
1:23	Erin Grant Personal Foul. Scholanda Dorrell gains possession.	14	10
1:23	Sancho Lyttle enters the game for Michelle Snow.	14	10
1:16	La'Tangela Atkinson Bad Pass. Stolen by Sancho Lyttle.	14	10
1:09	Tamecka Dixon made Layup. Assisted by Tina Thompson.	14	12
59.5	Scholanda Dorrell made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kara Lawson.	16	12
39.7	Nicole Powell Shooting Foul. Tina Thompson gains possession.	16	12
39.7	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	13
39.7	Tina Thompson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	14
30.0	Tina Thompson Personal Foul. Nicole Powell gains possession.	16	14
18.9	Scholanda Dorrell missed Layup.	16	14
16.9	Tina Thompson Defensive Rebound.	16	14
0.0	Erin Grant missed 16 ft Jumper.	16	14
0.0	Houston Offensive Rebound.	16	14
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	16	14

Regular Season Series

SAC wins 2-1

Monarchs
82
Comets
67

Game 1

12/6

Comets
63
Monarchs
75

Game 2

17/6

Monarchs
75
Comets
83

Game 3

11/8

1:30 AM, 11 August 2007

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
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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