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				<title><![CDATA[Christon's 25 points lead Liberty past Shock]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By VIN A. CHERWOO
AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK(AP) -- The New York Liberty used the practice time since
their last loss to regroup and fix their problems.

Shameka Christon scored 25 points to help the Liberty snap a
three-game losing streak with an 80-64 victory over the Detroit
Shock on Thursday night.

Loree Moore had 15 points, Cathrine Kraayeveld added 13 and
Essence Carson 12 for the Liberty (3-6), who were playing for
the first time since losing a home-and-home series with Indiana
last Friday and Saturday.

"We had four really good days of practice, on both ends of the
floor and that showed tonight," Liberty coach Pat Coyle said.
"It helps when you make some shots, but I thought defensively we
did a pretty good job ... This is probably the best 40 minutes
so far this season for us.

The Liberty had season highs with 12 3-pointers and 12 steals,
and took advantage of the Shock's season high-tying 22
turnovers. New York took control in the second quarter, building
a 15-point lead while outscoring Detroit 22-8 for the period and
holding the Shock scoreless for more than 7 minutes.

"Defensively, it was very intense. We got after it and it paid
off," Christon said. "We had to definitely buckle down on
defense, and it's not only with this team, it's pretty much all
the teams in this league."

Cheryl Ford had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Deanna Nolan and
Kara Braxton scored 12 points each for the defending champion
Shock (2-6), who fell to last in the Eastern Conference. Alexis
Hornbuckle also had 10 rebounds.

The Shock were 2 for 12 from the field with 10 turnovers in the
second quarter, and shot 9 for 28 (32 percent) in the first
half.

"We had 14 turnovers in the first half and they had six, and we
couldn't score off their turnovers but they scored off our
turnovers," Detroit coach Rick Mahorn said. "In the second half
we competed, just didn't get a good chance and a good break."

This was the teams' first meeting since the Shock beat the
Liberty in three games in the Eastern Conference finals last
year en route to their second title in three years and third in
the last six.

"We definitely remember that," Christon said. "However, the most
important thing is we needed to get a win. Regardless if we were
playing Detroit or if we were playing L.A., it did not matter."

New York led by 15 in the third quarter before Shavonte Zellous
scored eight consecutive points for the Shock during an 11-2 run
that made it 52-46 with 1:15 left in the quarter.

Carson's 3-pointer with 26 seconds left stretched the Liberty's
lead back to nine, and Christon scored five points in the
opening minute of the fourth quarter to push the advantage to
60-49.

"The Liberty were definitely hungry for a win," Detroit's Katie
Smith said. "They came out ready to play. They came out and put
us down into a hole in the first half. We weren't locked in as
we should have been. In the second half we made a run, but they
came back and made big shots to keep that distance and finish us
off."

Moore had a 3 and Carson followed with a three-point play to
give New York a 15-point lead again, 66-51 with 7:14 left.
Christon's 3 with 2:49 to go gave the Liberty their biggest
lead, 76-57.

The Shock closed the first quarter with a 6-2 run, taking an
18-17 lead on Braxton's layup that beat the buzzer.

The Liberty scored the first 12 points of the second quarter,
stretching their advantage to 29-18 with 4:13 left in the half
on three free throws by Christon - two for a foul on Taj
McWilliams and one for a technical on Smith.

Braxton hit two free throws with 3:36 left for Detroit's first
points of the second quarter. Ford's layup with 1:37 to go was
the Shock's first field goal of the period, and cut the deficit
to 35-24.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Shock-Liberty Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

Detroit (2-5) at New York (2-6), 7:30 p.m. EDT

The last time the Detroit Shock and the New York Liberty met,
they competed for a trip to the WNBA Finals. Nine months later,
the Shock have a new coach and both clubs are looking to avoid
the Eastern Conference basement.

After earning its first win under Rick Mahorn, Detroit tries to
build momentum when it opens its season series with the Liberty
at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.

The Shock (2-5) finished the 2008 regular season atop the East
with a 22-12 record. They needed three games to beat
third-seeded New York (2-6) during the conference Finals last
October, before sweeping San Antonio to win their third WNBA
title.

Both teams have failed to build on any of last year's success.
Detroit is sixth in the conference standings, one-half game
ahead of the Liberty.

The Shock also lost longtime coach Bill Laimbeer, who led them
to all three of their championships, but resigned June 15 citing
family reasons. The club promoted Mahorn, an assistant, to
replace his former Detroit Pistons teammate after a 1-2 start.

Detroit lost its first three games under Mahorn before halting
the losing streak with an 86-72 victory over league-worst
Sacramento on Sunday.

"It's always good to get a 'W' because it's been aggravating
losing four in a row," Mahorn said, "and it's important for the
players to keep a high level of intensity and the players did a
good job of doing this."

Mahorn appears to be content using rookie Shavonte Zellous off
the bench. The guard, drafted 11th overall out of Pittsburgh in
April, scored 18 points against the Monarchs, giving her an
average of 18.7 points in three games as a reserve after
producing 7.5 as a starter over her first four contests.

"She could start but it gives us an extra spark and scorer
coming off the bench," Mahorn said. "It's working out good right
now and if she continues it will be very helpful."

The Shock won three of four meetings with the Liberty last
season, as the clubs split two games at MSG.

New York is looking to end a three-game slide after being swept
by East-leading Indiana in a home-and-home series. The Liberty
shot 33.3 percent on the road Saturday en route to a 63-54
defeat.

"We talked about needing to make the open shots," said Liberty
coach Pat Coyle, whose club is shooting 37.2 percent during the
losing streak after making a season-best 57.4 percent of its
shots in a June 21 win at Atlanta. "Defense was good. On the
offensive end, we need to make the shots."

Shameka Christon was a big part of New York's shooting problems
Saturday, going 2 for 10 from the floor for a season-low 11
points after making 6 of 13 shots and finishing with 20 points
Friday night. The forward leads New York with 17.4 points per
game.

She averaged 13.0 points against Detroit during last fall's
conference finals.]]></description>
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