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Dixon leads Comets past Silver Stars

Jul 28, 2007 - 2:46 AM SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- Tamecka Dixon scored 21 points and Tina Thompson added 17 as the Houston Comets posted a 69-63 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Friday.

Sophia Young scored 15 for the Silver Stars, who lost for just the fourth time in the last 11 games.

Houston (9-17), which has won two straight, led the entire fourth quarter and survived a late run to defeat first-place San Antonio (15-9), which shot just 30 percent (21-of-70) from the floor.

Becky Hammon, who scored 11, pulled the Silver Stars to within 59-55 with 3:41 left in the fourth but Dixon scored Houston's next six points to put the game away.