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Mystics Edge Atlanta for 2nd Win in 3 Games
Mystics 81, Dream 75
The Liberty's Janel McCarville sealed the win over the Sparks with the game-winning layup with 6.4 seconds left. She finished with 15 points. (Bill Kostroun -- AP)
(By Bill Kostroun -- Associated Press)
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Taj McWilliams-Franklin credits the Mystics' new coach for Washington's improved play.
The Mystics (10-15) have won two of three since Jessie Kenlaw was named interim coach after the firing of Tree Rollins last week.
"Coach Kenlaw is definitely more enthusiastic," McWilliams-Franklin said. "She is constantly motivating us. That's her style."
McWilliams-Franklin scored 13 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in Washington's 81-75 victory over the host Atlanta Dream last night.
Alana Beard finished with 12 points, and Monique Currie and Bernice Mosby each had 11 for the Mystics, who held Atlanta without a field goal in the final 3 minutes 46 seconds.
"What I have stressed since taking over the team is defense and discipline," Kenlaw said. "This is what I felt we were missing. In the past, we have been a half-court team, and I would like to see us get out and run more."
The expansion Dream has lost four straight and has the WNBA's worst record at 3-23.
Iziane Castro Marques scored 23 points for Atlanta, which took its first lead in two games when Betty Lennox pulled up on a fast break and hit a 14-footer midway through the second quarter.
Lennox began the game with the Dream's top scoring average at 17.3, but she finished just 1 for 6 from the field and has a total of only nine points over the last three games.
Atlanta came within one on Ivory Latta's three-pointer before Currie responded with a runner that made it 78-75 with 3:15 remaining.
The Mystics' biggest lead, 74-61, came on Nakia Sanford's layup at the 8:33 mark.
Erika DeSouza played her first game for the Dream since breaking her leg in a loss to Washington on May 27. She finished with six points and four rebounds in nearly 13 minutes.
