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Saturday, July 30, 2005
Tamika Catchings scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, helping the Indiana Fever rally in the second half for a 62-58 win over the Washington Mystics last night in Indianapolis.
Natalie Williams scored 14 points, and Kelly Miller had 13 for Indiana.
Catchings and Williams scored seven points each as the Fever went on an 18-4 run in a 6-minute 41-second span of the second half and built a 51-41 lead with 11:02 remaining.
Temeka Johnson scored 15 points, and DeLisha Milton-Jones added 12 for Washington, which closed to one point with a late 14-4 run.
Chasity Melvin's baseline drive cut the deficit to 59-58 with 22 seconds remaining, but Catchings made 1 of 2 free throws with 15 seconds to play.
After Johnson missed a hook shot in the lane, Jurgita Streimikyte rebounded, was fouled with 0.4 of a second to play, and sank both free throws.
Alana Beard, who scored a career-high 27 points in Washington's home win over San Antonio on Thursday, scored 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting. After a fast start, she scored just two points over the final 32 minutes.
Indiana, second in the Eastern Conference at 14-8, moved three games ahead of third-place Washington (12-12).
ยท MERCURY 69, LYNX 65: Penny Taylor scored 20 points and Diana Taurasi added 17 to lead visiting Phoenix.
Maria Stepanova also had 14 points for the Mercury, which won its third straight and seventh in eight games.
Svetlana Abrosimova led the Lynx with 20 points and Amber Jacobs had 10 for Minnesota, which has lost three straight.
Phoenix trailed by nine with 6:45 left, but Taurasi hit a three-pointer from the top of the key to tie it at 65 with 1:45 left.
Taylor then made two free throws with 35 seconds remaining to give the Mercury its first lead.
Minnesota's Katie Smith failed to hit the rim on a driving shot on the final Lynx possession, and the shot clock ran out before Minnesota could attempt another shot. Taylor made two more free throws with three seconds left to seal the victory.
The Lynx led by 16 points in the first half.
But Phoenix scored 12 of the final 14 points in the half, with Stepanova converting a low-post move in the final minute to bring the Mercury to within 39-33 at the break.
