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				<title><![CDATA[Gruda, Phillips help Sun to overtime win]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[AUBURN HILLS, Mich.(AP) -- Mike Thibault never doubted his
decision to leave a roster spot open for Sandrine Gruda.

She immediately proved her coach right, scoring a career-high 23
points in her season debut and Erin Phillips scored six of her
19 points in overtime as the Connecticut Sun beat the Detroit
Shock 95-92 on Sunday night.

"That was an exceptional performance, considering she had one
practice and one shootaround with us," Thibault said. "She was a
huge difference in the game tonight."

Even with teams carrying just 11 players this year, Thibault was
willing to wait eight games for Gruda to finish representing
France in the European championships.

"If I've been criticized, this is the first I've heard of it,"
he said. "This is one of the best young centers in the world. We
weren't waiting for our ninth man."

Gruda, though, hadn't been expecting to be so effective in her
first game back.

"Coach gave me some time off, but I wasn't expecting anything
today," she said. "I just knew it was going to be more physical
than what I had been playing, and I had to be ready for that."

Detroit, which fell to 2-7, got 28 points from Katie Smith and
20 from rookie Shavonte Zellous. The defending champions also
lost star Deanna Nolan to a pulled right hamstring in the third
quarter. Nolan day-to-day.

"It's frustrating," Smith said. "This whole season has been. We
played better today."

Smith's 3-pointer put Detroit ahead 79-77 in the final minute of
regulation, but Lindsey Whalen forced overtime with a pair of
free throws with 8 seconds remaining.

Phillips started overtime with a three-point play, and her
3-pointer made it 90-85 with 54 seconds to go. Smith answered
with a 3-pointer, but Ashja Jones put it away with a short
jumper.

"We played well enough to win, and we had a good offensive game,
but we didn't get the key stops we needed," Detroit coach Rick
Mahorn said.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:32:34 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sun-Shock Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By DAN PIERINGER
STATS Writer

Connecticut (4-4) at Detroit (2-6), 6:00 p.m. EDT

The Detroit Shock finally got their first win under new coach
Rick Mahorn but followed it with a defeat that dropped them into
last place in the Eastern Conference.

If history is any indication, returning home to meet the
Connecticut Sun should help the defending league champions get
out of the cellar.

The Shock go for their ninth straight home win over the Sun as
the clubs square off Sunday night in the first of two meetings
in a week.

Detroit (2-6) shot a season-best 51.6 percent from the field and
matched a season-high point total in an 86-72 win over
Sacramento last Sunday. It was the Shock's first victory in four
games since Mahorn took over for Bill Laimbeer, who suddenly
resigned after leading the club to three titles in six seasons
at the helm.

Detroit, however, couldn't build on that victory Thursday night,
falling 80-64 at New York. In the second quarter, the Shock went
2 for 12 from the field and committed 10 turnovers while getting
outscored 22-8.

"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," Mahorn said. "In the second half we competed, just
didn't get a good chance and a good break."

Detroit fell a half-game behind New York at the bottom of the
conference standings and remained winless against East
opponents. The Shock, though, appear to stand a good chance of
fixing both problems with a home game against the Sun (4-4).

Since the start of the 2005 season, Detroit is 8-0 against
Connecticut at The Palace of Auburn Hills, including a victory
in the 2006 conference finals. Shock guard Deanna Nolan averaged
14.5 points and 6.0 assists while going 12 for 19 from the field
(63.2 percent) in two home wins over the Sun in 2008.

Connecticut had a three-game winning streak snapped in its last
game Thursday, shooting 31.7 percent from the field and
recording a season-low point total in a 67-53 loss at Indiana.
The Sun had scored 81.3 points per game during their winning
streak.

"We didn't have the ball reversal that we normally get and
couldn't get back into an offense," said forward Asjha Jones
after being held to 10 points, nearly six below her season
average.

Jones averaged 17.5 points in the Sun's two losses at Detroit
last season.

These teams play again Saturday in Connecticut.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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