Silver Stars - Game Day
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Stars Drop Season Opener
Box Score | Recap| Play-by-Play
Star of the Game |
Sophia Young |
22 POINTS |
4 REBOUNDS |
10-18 FG |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Adrian Williams-Strong and Nicole Powell each scored 13 points and the Sacramento Monarchs held off the San Antonio Silver Stars for a 73-64 victory in both teams' season opener on Saturday night.
Sophia Young scored 22 points for San Antonio, which missed 16 of 19 3-point attempts and shot 32 percent. Becky Hammon and Erin Buescher each scored 11 points and Vickie Johnson added eight.
Trailing 65-53 early in the fourth, the Silver Stars scored seven straight to cut the lead to five points midway through the quarter. Bothered by Sacramento's constant defensive pressure, San Antonio scored just four points the rest of the fourth quarter.
Rebekkah Brunson scored nine points in the opening half and nine of the 10 Monarchs who played also scored, helping Sacramento take a 41-35 lead into halftime.
San Antonio was playing without projected starting center Ann Wauters, who is having passport problems and is expected to join the team next week. |
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