INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -The Indiana Fever scored the final five points to defeat the Washington Mystics 81-74 Saturday night and sweep their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Tamika Catchings scored 24 points and had 16 rebounds for the top-seeded Fever, who travel to Detroit on Wednesday for the conference finals. Point guard Tully Bevilaqua scored six of her 13 points and had three rebounds in the overtime to spark the Fever. Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 16 points and Katie Douglas 13 for Indiana, which made five of its first seven shots and then just 18-of-65 the rest of the way to finish at 32.4 percent.Mercury 106, Silver Stars 78 PHOENIX (AP) - Diana Taurasi scored 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting and had six rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots to lead Phoenix past San Antonio to even its Western Conference semifinal series at a game apiece. The deciding game of the best-of-three series will be Monday at U.S. Airways Center. Taurasi, the league's leading scorer at 20.4 points a game, scored 20 in the first half as the Mercury (24-12) took control early, leading 64-42 at the break. San Antonio (16-20) never got closer than 17 in the second half. Sophia Young had 19 points to lead San Antonio, which lost in the WNBA finals a year ago.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
