DIXON'S SCORING FUELS LATE RALLY : SPARKS 77, WASHINGTON 68.Byline: Daily News Staff Writer Tamecka Dixon scored 20 points, including 10 straight in a critical second-half run, to lead the Sparks to a 77-68 victory over the Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They started play in 1998, the second year of the WNBA and are one of the WNBA's first expansion franchises. on Wednesday night. The Sparks (7-13) snapped a two-game losing streak after going on a 16-2 run late in the second half. Washington, which has a league-worst 2-18 record, dropped its seventh straight game. Lisa Leslie * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * Its factual accuracy is disputed. * It does not cite any references or sources. with 18 points, despite shooting 6 of 18 from the field. Dixon's 3-pointer and free throw capped a 10-point run that gave the Sparks a 60-56 lead. After Washington's Penny Moore cut the lead to two, Dixon scored three straight field goals, the final one a 17-foot jumper that made it 66-60. The Sparks overcame a horrible first half in which they shot 30 percent (11 of 37) and trailed 35-30. The teams played before a crowd of 14,137 at MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Center. |
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