[0] SPARKS WIN IN COACH'S PREMIERE : SPARKS 77, HOUSTON 52.Byline: Kristen Davis Daily News Staff Writer The Sparks welcomed Julie Rousseau to the head coaching ranks with a 77-52 victory over Houston on Wednesday night, and, in the process, ended their two-game losing streak. The win, before 7,240 at the Forum, improved the Sparks to 5-7. Houston led 12-6 four minutes into the game on a layup by guard Kim Perrot Kim Perrot (January 18, 1967 — August 19, 1999), was an American basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Houston Comets. A guard who attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Perrot was the regular . The Sparks then broke the game open with a 25-2 run. They shot 35.9 percent during the decisive first half and were led by Penny Toler's eight points. They shot 41.1 percent from the field for the game. Houston's 18 first-half points tied the league's lowest output for a half. Cynthia Cooper There are two different public figures with the name Cynthia Cooper:
WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego in scoring (17.4 points) but was limited to four points in the first half. She finished with a team-high 17. Although the Sparks played an aggressive first half, the question remained: Would they keep the lead or would they let another one slip away? Rhonda Windham, the Sparks' general manager, even queried her team during halftime. ``We keep getting leads on teams and something always happens every single half,'' she said. Zheng Haixia
Zheng Haixia (Simplified Chinese: 郑海霞, Traditional Chinese: 鄭海霞, born March 7, 1967 in Tuocheng, Henan Province) was a professional women's led the Sparks with 15 points. Note: The league office fined Phoenix's Nancy Lieberman-Cline $500 Wednesday for holding guard Jamila Wideman Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American female left-handed point guard basketball player and activist. Early life Wideman's father, John Edgar Wideman, an African-American author and professor, is the first 2-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a by the neck as time expired in the first half of the Sparks' 57-56 loss Sunday. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Sparks forward Heidi Burge applies pressure on the Comets' Kim Perrot. Associated Press |
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