Young Scores 27 as Silver Stars Eliminate Sacramento
Silver Stars 86, Monarchs 81
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Monday, September 22, 2008; 11:47 PM
SAN ANTONIO -- Sophia Young scored 27 points to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 86-81 overtime victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Monday in the decisive Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.
San Antonio advances to the Western Conference finals for the second straight year. The Silver Stars will play on the road Thursday against the winner of the Los Angeles-Seattle series, which is tied 1-1 with Game 3 Tuesday.
The Monarchs forced overtime when they rallied from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit with six minutes left in regulation. Nicole Powell tied it with 8.5 seconds left on a tough drive past Erin Buescher.
Powell scored 21 and Kara Lawson had 16.
San Antonio's Becky Hammon missed an off-balanced shot in the lane that could have won it for the Silver Stars.
Hammon scored 14 to go along with teammate Ann Wauters' 15.
Wauters sank a pair of free throws to make it 78-73 with 1:28 to go in overtime.
Powell cut it to three on a drive to the basket on the next trip down the floor. But it's as close as Sacramento would get the rest of the game.
The Silver Stars' 24-10 regular-season record gives them homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Monarchs were knocked out of the first round for the second straight year by San Antonio. The last time Sacramento made it past the first round was in 2006.
Sacramento built a six-point lead late in the first quarter. But the Monarchs missed their next six shots and fell behind by 13 as the Silver Stars outscored Sacramento 21-2 during the next 8:43.
Edwige Lawson-Wade came off the bench to key San Antonio's second-quarter run by hitting 3-of-4 from the 3-point line and scoring 11 points in nine minutes during the quarter.
