Final
Fever roll to fifth straight win
Jul 13, 2007 - 1:26 AM INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Indiana Fever are the best team in the WNBA right now.Tan White came off the bench to score 16 points and Tamika Whitmore added 12 as the Fever topped the New York Liberty, 79-63, on Thursday.
Anna DeForge contributed 11 points for the Fever, who have the league's best record at 15-4 and have won five straight in a single season for the first time in franchise history.
Tamika Catchings, Sheri Sam and Tammy Sutton-Brown each added nine points for Indiana, which has won nine consecutive home meetings with New York.
The Liberty came out strong, opening a 7-1 lead before the Fever pulled away for good with a 22-6 run that concluded the first quarter.
New York (10-9) was led by Janel McCarville and Shameka Christon, who tallied 13 points apiece. Loree Moore added 12 in the defeat.
- WNBA
NEW YORK 63
INDIANA 79 FINAL
Jul 12 9:02 PM - WNBA
NEW YORK 44
INDIANA 63 END, 3RD QTR
Jul 12 8:36 PM - WNBA
END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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NEW YORK 13 13
INDIANA 21 21 END 1ST QTR
WNBA NEW YORK AT INDIANA
HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER
NYL - LOREE MOORE 6, JANEL MCCARVILLE 4,
SHAMEKA CHRISTON 3
IND - ANNA DEFORGE 8, TAMIKA CATCHINGS 6,
TAMMY SUTTON-BROWN 4
Jul 12 7:29 PM
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