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				<title><![CDATA[Monarchs snap six-game losing streak]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS(AP) -- Tough work on the glass and 21 points from
Nicole Powell were just enough to end the Sacramento Monarchs'
road woes.

The Western Conference's worst team ended a six-game losing
streak and won the finale of its five-game road trip, 74-68 over
the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night.

Sacramento (2-8) used a 22-4 advantage in second-chance points
and a 10-2 run down the stretch for its first victory since June
12.

"We need wins and we need them desperately," Powell said.
"Hopefully we can build on this."

Kara Lawson scored 14 points, Hamchetou Maiga-Ba added a
season-high 11 and Rebekkah Brunson scored the go-ahead basket
with 34 seconds left before blocking a shot moments later,
ensuring the Monarchs' first win in weeks.

Roneeka Hodges scored 15 to lead five Lynx players in double
figures, as Minnesota's three-game winning streak came to an
end. A 13-for-21 night from the foul line and lack of defensive
rebounding ultimately did in the Western Conference leaders.

"We didn't box out, didn't even make contact half the time,"
Lynx coach Jennifer Gillom said. "Most teams don't pressure us
as much as they did."

Despite trailing most of the second and third quarters,
Minnesota took a 64-59 advantage with 5 minutes to play. But
Sacramento stepped up defensively, holding the Lynx to just two
more field goals. It was a dramatic change from two days
earlier, when the Monarchs gave up 11 straight points down the
stretch in a two-point loss to the Chicago Sky.

Minnesota (7-4) raced to an 11-2 lead, with the Monarchs missing
seven of their first eight shots. But Sacramento clawed back and
Powell hit a pair of 3-pointers to end the first quarter, then
added two buckets early in the second as part of a personal 10-2
run that gave the Monarchs a one-point advantage.

Sacramento wound up leading 34-33 at halftime, and went on a 7-0
run early in the third quarter to push the lead to 41-34. Renee
Montgomery's 3-pointer with 6 minutes left in the period sparked
an 11-2 Lynx run to turn the momentum, with nine of the points
coming from the bench - the first contributions from it during
the game.

The Monarchs didn't fold, though, hitting 5 of 6 foul shots in
the final seconds to clinch the victory.

"One of our greatest attributes is our perseverance," Sacramento
coach Jenny Boucek said. "Being able to respond well to
adversity, challenges, staying in the moment and just fighting,
fighting, fighting. That's hard to do when you've lost as many
as we have already."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:26 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Monarchs-Lynx Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By MATT BECKER
STATS Senior Writer

Sacramento (1-8) at Minnesota (7-3), 8:00 p.m. EDT

With the way Candice Wiggins is playing, the Minnesota Lynx
hardly miss leading scorer and two-time All-Star Seimone
Augustus.

Wiggins looks to lead the Lynx to a season-high fourth straight
victory Thursday night when they host the slumping Sacramento
Monarchs, who are trying to avoid their first seven-game losing
streak in seven years.

When Augustus suffered a season-ending left knee injury during a
104-80 loss to Phoenix on June 17, Minnesota's playoff hopes
appeared bleak. The Lynx (7-3) lost to Seattle 90-62 two days
later, but Wiggins has since helped rally the team to three
straight victories.

Wiggins scored 23 points in Tuesday's 91-85 victory over
Atlanta, and is averaging 23.3 on 44.4 percent shooting during
the winning streak. Wiggins, who was named the Western
Conference player of the week Monday, had averaged 10.2 points
and shot 32.2 percent in her previous six games.

"She's always had it in her," Minnesota coach Jennifer Gillom
said. "When Seimone was in, Candice would take the back role.
But now she's really stepping out to the plate and showing how
good she really is."

Roneeka Hodges is also helping to fill the void left by
Augustus.

Hodges had 15 points - all on 5-for-7 3-point shooting -
Tuesday, and is averaging 12.8 points in her last five games
after going scoreless in her previous two.

"She's at a confidence level that is unbelievable right now,"
Gillom said. "It is not going to slack off. I think it is going
to continue and you are going to see a lot of that this season."

While Wiggins and Hodges have been carrying the Lynx lately,
neither had much success in Minnesota's 86-83 victory over
Sacramento on June 16.

Wiggins shot 2 for 11 and finished with eight points, while
Hodges missed both of her field-goal attempts and went held
scoreless in 12 minutes. Augustus led the Lynx with 30 points.

The Monarchs (1-8) arrive in Minnesota losers of six straight
after falling 74-72 in Chicago on Tuesday.

Sacramento led 67-62 with 2:41 to play, but could not close the
deal. The Monarchs, who haven't won since defeating Phoenix
90-71 on June 12, haven't lost seven consecutive games since
dropping eight in a row June 22-July 7, 2002.

Nicole Powell led Sacramento with 21 points against the Sky, but
Ticha Penicheiro finished with only two points on 1-of-6
shooting in 23 minutes.

Penicheiro was playing in her third game and making her first
start since missing the previous four contests with a sprained
right thumb.

"This is only our third game with all our players back,"
Sacramento coach Jenny Boucek said. "They're getting in shape,
they're getting their rhythm. We didn't get the victory tonight,
but we're starting to look like ourselves."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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