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San Antonio’s Becky Hammon stays on point, winning player of the week honors for the second time this season. Averaging 19 points and five assists per game, she led San Antonio to a 3-0 record this week, moving her team just a half game away from leading the West.
After playing eight seasons with New York, this marks Hammon’s first year with San Antonio, making their win in New York last Friday even sweeter. Hammon led her team to a triumphant 70-63 victory, posting 19 points, six rebounds and four assists. The next day, she had another incredible game with 20 points, five assists and three rebounds, taking the win from Connecticut.
Their third win of the week was against Minnesota, as Hammon posted 18 points and Sophia Young scored a career high of 24 points to secure the 80-73 victory. Stay tuned for a San Antonio-Minnesota rematch this Friday at 8 pm ET.
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SMITH SHOWS THEM HOW IT’S DONE
Detroit’s Katie Smith was also named player of the week, averaging 18.5 points, 4.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds as Detroit posted a strong 3-1 record in four away games this week. Detroit maintains the league’s best overall record in franchise history thus far (10-2) and the second best start in the history of the league.
Continuing on what seems like an inevitable path to the playoffs, Smith put up 18 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in a 79-73 victory over Los Angeles last Monday. She then tallied a game-high 23 points, four assists and four rebounds to lock up the win against Seattle. Deanna Nolan also put up strong numbers, with 18 points, five assists and two rebounds.
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JACKSON POSTS CAREER HIGH OF 35 PTS
Lauren Jackson just keeps shutting them down, posting a career high of 35 points and 10 rebounds to take the win from Los Angeles in an 83-71 victory. Betty Lennox also added 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists, helping Seattle out of a two-game losing streak. Keep up the strong work Seattle.
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DOUGLAS’ CAREER-HIGH LEADS CONNECTICUT OVER INDIANA
In a major upset over Indiana, Katie Douglas made nine of her final 12 shots and finished with a career-high of 30 points in Connecticut’s 78-74 win against Indiana on Friday night.
Asjha Jones dominated as well with 16 points, helping to bring Connecticut out of a five-game losing streak.
On the Indiana squad, Tamika Catchings added nine points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and tied the score at 71 with 1:44 left in the game but Douglas and Jones stayed strong to lead Connecticut to victory.
Make sure to check out Connecticut’s next big game as they play the top seeded Detroit this Wednesday at 7pm ET.
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BEARD AND MILTON TAKE OVER PHOENIX
In another action packed game, Alana Beard played fierce with a season-high of 29 points and DeLisha Milton-Jones added 22 to lead Washington to a 106-101 victory over Phoenix.
Although they were unable to prevent Phoenix power player Diana Taurasi from scoring 25 points, Washington still pulled through to seal the win. Make sure not to miss Phoenix’s last regular season game as they matches up against Houston next Saturday at 8:30 pm ET.
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