LOS ANGELES(AP) Rebekkah Brunson scored 19 points, Nicole Powell added 18 and the Sacramento Monarchs rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 85-79 Friday night.

Lisa Leslie scored 25 points and blocked her 800th career shot in the first quarter for the Sparks, who lost their second in a row against a conference-worst team. They were beaten by the New York Liberty, who trail the Eastern Conference standings, on Tuesday.

It was Leslie's highest-scoring game since returning from a right knee injury on Aug. 4.

Brunson had her strongest outing in her third game back from a knee injury. Kara Lawson added 12 points, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 11, and Ticha Penicheiro had 10 points and 10 assists for the last-place Monarchs, who will host the Sparks in a rematch on Saturday night.