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And with yesterdays Sacramento loss, the Silver Stars move into first place in the West by a few points
Buescher is ing awesome.
And with yesterdays Sacramento loss, the Silver Stars move into first place in the West by a few points
http://www.wnba.com/news/playersoftheweek_070709.html
Tamika Catchings and Erin Buescher Named Eastern, Western Conference Players of the Week
Posted Jul 9 2007 5:41PM
Erin Buescher and Tamika Catchings have been named the Western and Eastern Players of the Week.
NEW YORK, July 9, 2007 — Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever and Erin Buescher of the San Antonio Silver Stars were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, July 2 through Sunday, July 8.
An 11-time Player of the Week winner, Catchings receives her second honor this season after averaging 16.5 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, 5.5 steals and shooting 42 percent on field goals (10-for-24) and 72 percent on free throws (13-for-18) for the week. Catchings led her team in scoring, rebounds, assists and steals in both contests as the Fever posted a 2-0 record, maintaining the league's best overall record with 13-4.
On July 8, Catchings became the first player in WNBA history to tally at least seven rebounds, assists and steals in a game. She recorded 16 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds, seven steals and a block, while converting 6-of-9 field goals and 4-of-7 free throws in an 86-70 victory over the Chicago Sky. Her sixth double-double ties for second highest in the league this season, with Chicago's Candice Dupree and Sacramento's Rebekkah Brunson, and her 11 assists ties the franchise record and matches the most by any player in the league this season.
Catchings is the only player in the league to be ranked in the top 10 in points (16.6 per game), rebounds (8.9 per game), assists (4.4 per game), steals (3.4 per game) and blocked shots (1.2 per game). Her seven steals against Chicago lifted her career total to 474, moving her to third on the all-time rankings list.
Erin Buescher earns her first weekly award after averaging 23 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and three assists while shooting 63 percent (15-for-24), 50 percent from beyond the arc (3-for-6) and 93 percent from the free throw line (13-for-14) as she led the Silver Stars to a 2-0 record on the week.
On July 7, Buescher scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed a career-high tying five steals, along with six rebounds, two assists, and made 9-of-15 field goals, 2-of-3 three pointers and 7-of-8 free throws to lead her team to an 80-73 win over the Seattle Storm.
Buescher currently ranks fifth in the league in steals (2.1 per game), 12th in rebounds (6.4 per game) and 24th in scoring (11.9 points per game).
Other candidates for WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Connecticut's Katie Douglas, Detroit's Deanna Nolan, Phoenix's Penny Taylor, Sacramento's Nicole Powell, Seattle's Lauren Jackson and Washington's Alana Beard.
The WNBA tipped off its second decade of play on May 19, 2007, featuring comprehensive national television coverage. ESPN2 and ABC will combine to televise up to 36 games nationally during the regular season and playoffs. The second straight year of "WNBA Tuesdays" on ESPN2 includes five doubleheaders and WNBA action on 11 of 14 Tuesday nights in-season. NBA TV will complement ABC and ESPN2's coverage by televising 70 regular-season and up to nine playoff games. The WNBA All-Star Game will be played at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on July 15 at 3:30 pm ET with live coverage on ABC.
No Riley, No Buescher for All-Star reserves
http://www.wnba.com/allstar2007/news...es_070709.html
Eastern Conference Reserves:
Katie Douglas Connecticut Sun Guard
Alana Beard Washington Mystics Guard
Tammy Sutton-Brown Indiana Fever Center
Candice Dupree Chicago Sky Forward
DeLisha Milton-Jones Washington Mystics Forward
Asjha Jones Connecticut Sun Forward
Western Conference Reserves:
Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx Guard
Cappie Pondexter Phoenix Mercury Guard
Taj McWilliams-Franklin L.A. Sparks Center
Tina Thompson Houston Comets Forward
Rebekkah Brunson Sacramento Monarchs Forward
Penny Taylor Phoenix Mercury Forward
And extend their lead in the division to 1/2 game
http://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/recap?g...711006&prov=ap
San Antonio 87, Phoenix 77
AP - Jul 11, 5:39 pm EDT
PHOENIX (AP) -- Becky Hammon scored 10 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter in her return from a sprained foot, lifting the San Antonio Silver Stars past the Phoenix Mercury 87-77 on Wednesday.
Sophia Young scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds to lead the Silver Stars (12-6), who have won four straight and eight of 10 after starting the season 4-4.
Diana Taurasi had 27 points and nine rebounds for Phoenix (11-9), losers of two straight after winning four in a row. Penny Taylor added 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Hammon hit a pair of 3-pointers and had eight points in a 10-2 run early in the fourth quarter after Phoenix pulled to 63-59 with 8:53 remaining.
Hammon, who missed three games, entered as the league's fourth leading scorer at 19.1 points per game and leads the league with 5.4 assists.
Camille Little added 12 points and six rebounds for the Silver Stars, who shot 49 percent from the field. Phoenix shot 37 percent and only 4-of-21 from beyond the arc.
Young's jumper gave San Antonio a 23-22 lead with 7:32 left in the second quarter, and the Silver Stars never trailed again.
Tangela Smith added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Mercury.
Erin Buescher, who had filled in for Hammon, injured her left knee in the first minute and did not return.
She was named player of the week too.
Even in WNBA we own Phoenix.
http://www.wnba.com/games/20070711/SANPHO/recap.html
PHOENIX, July 11, 2007 (AP) -- Becky Hammon scored 10 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter in her return from a sprained foot, lifting the San Antonio Silver Stars past the Phoenix Mercury 87-77 on Wednesday.
Sophia Young scored 26 points and had 12 rebounds to lead the Silver Stars (12-6), who have won four straight and eight of 10 after starting the season 4-4.
Diana Taurasi had 27 points and nine rebounds for Phoenix (11-9), losers of two straight after winning four in a row. Penny Taylor added 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Hammon hit a pair of 3-pointers and had eight points in a 10-2 run early in the fourth quarter after Phoenix pulled to 63-59 with 8:53 remaining.
Hammon, who missed three games, entered as the league's fourth leading scorer at 19.1 points per game and leads the league with 5.4 assists.
Camille Little added 12 points and six rebounds for the Silver Stars, who shot 49 percent from the field. Phoenix shot 37 percent and only 4-of-21 from beyond the arc.
Young's jumper gave San Antonio a 23-22 lead with 7:32 left in the second quarter, and the Silver Stars never trailed again.
Tangela Smith added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Mercury.
Erin Buescher, who had filled in for Hammon, injured her left knee in the first minute and did not return.
becky hammon
great player
HOOOOOTTTTTTTT woman
Lindsey Harding from the Lynx is out for the season.
So is Buescher, dammit:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s....6b86cb08.html
Silver Stars' Buescher to miss rest of season
Team's third-leading scorer tears ACL in left knee
Web Posted: 07/12/2007 05:21 PM CDT
Natalie England
Express-News staff writer
Silver Stars forward Erin Buescher will miss the remainder of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee less than a minute into the team’s victory in Phoenix on Wednesday.
She will undergo surgery to repair the injury within the next two weeks.
Buescher had just been named the Western Conference player of the week, after averaging 23 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals to lead the Silver Stars in victories over Detroit, Washington and Seattle.
For the season, Buescher was third on the team in scoring at 11.9 points a game, and was leading the Silver Stars with 6.4 rebounds per game. Buescher, who was the WNBA most improved player last season, has never before ended a season averaging in double-digit scoring.
“All of us felt like Erin was playing the best basketball of her life,” Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes said. “She is a great teammate, and she will continue to be helpful to us. But, obviously, we feel bad.”
Buescher has never missed time for a significant injury in her previous four seasons in the league, or in her college career.
“I really feel that when I play well it’s a gift from the Lord,” Buescher said. “And what He gives, He takes away. Is this difficult, frustrating? Extremely. But deep down I really feel this is His plan, and there’s another stage for me.”
Buescher had started the past 10 games for the Silver Stars and will likely be replaced in the starting lineup with rookie Camille Little, who is averaging 3.6 points and 3.7 points in a reserve role.
“We’re very fortunate to have a developing rookie in Camille,” Hughes said. “We’ve really enjoyed being able to (play) big with Erin, and having Camille allows us to stay big.”
Unlike in previous seasons when struck with season-ending injuries, the Silver Stars also have options off the bench. Forward Kendra Wecker and center Sandora Irvin have seen little playing time so far this season, but will likely be called upon now.
Hughes said he will lean on point guard Helen Darling as well. Darling has started the previous four games while Becky Hammon has nursed a sprained right foot, and she has logged 27 assists to just six turnovers in that span.
“Helen has really stepped forward for us,” Hughes said. “And I have faith in Kendra. I have faith in Marie (Ferdinand-Harris), and Sandora gives us really good moments.
“Good teams find ways to take situations like this and turn them into opportunities.”
That really sucks! The rest of the team will need to step up.
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Erin is my favorite player on the team.
I will pray for her. Get well soon, Erin!
Congrats to Becky Hammon for winning one of the skills compe ions at the ASG.
http://sports.yahoo.com/wnba/recap;_...id=20070717004
San Antonio 63, Los Angeles 61
July 18, 2007
AP - Jul 18, 1:03 am EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Becky Hammon scored 25 points and Sophia Young added 17 to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 63-61 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night.
San Antonio (13-6) has won five straight and nine of its last 11. The first-place Silver Stars extended their lead in the Western Conference to 1 1/2 games over Sacramento and 6 1/2 over Los Angeles.
Taj Williams-Franklin scored 14 points for the Sparks (7-13), who have dropped a franchise-record seven consecutive games, and have lost eight of 12 at home.
With the game tied at 61, Hammon made a perfect pass to Young, who layed it in the for the winner with 17.8 seconds left. Hammon made 10 of 15 shots and added six assists. Young made seven of 14 shots.
The Sparks went on a 10-0 run to start the fourth quarter and took a 52-50 lead on a basket by Muriel Page.
Hammon put the Silver Stars ahead 58-56 with 2:21 left on a jumper, and then gave San Antonio the lead again on a 3-pointer with 1:26 remaining.
Sidney Spencer and Sherill Baker each scored 10 points for the Sparks, and Thomas added 10 rebounds. Spencer missed a jumper at the buzzer that would have tied it.
Silver Stars pick up where they left off, extend lead to 2 1/2 games:
http://www.wnba.com/games/20070720/SACSAN/recap.html
SAN ANTONIO, July 20, 2007 (AP) -- Becky Hammon had 18 points, and every Silver Stars starter scored in double figures Friday night in San Antonio's 81-71 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs.
The Silver Stars (14-6) won their sixth straight and have surpassed their victory total of last season with 14 games left. San Antonio is 2 1/2 games ahead of the Monarchs (12-9) for the lead in the Western Conference.
The Monarchs, led by 16 points from Kara Lawson, have lost three straight. Ticha Penicheiro added 11.
San Antonio, which led by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter, got 15 points from Sophia Young, 12 from Vickie Johnson, 11 from Ruth Riley and 10 from Helen Darling.
Sacramento led 41-40 after shooting 50 percent from the floor in the first half, but the Monarchs were 3-for-11 in the third quarter. The Silver Stars took a 12-point lead when Hammon connected on a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left in the quarter.
The Monarchs cut it to 71-67 on a layup by Nicole Powell with 2:45 remaining in the game. But Darling and Hammon hit 3-pointers over the next 1:30 to give San Antonio a 77-69 advantage with 1:15 to go.
The Monarchs shot 70 percent from the floor in the first quarter and led 27-17. Yolanda Griffith was 4-for-4 and Lawson was 3-for-3 including a pair of 3-pointers in seven minutes.
But the Silver Stars tied the game on Hammon's fastbreak layup with 1:58 before halftime. The Silver Stars outscored Sacramento 9-0 on the fastbreak.
Tiago Splitter, the Spurs' first-round draft choice this year, watched the game from the first row with general manager R.C. Buford. It's probably the most San Antonio fans will see of him until the 2008-09 season because Splitter remains under contract with Tau Ceramica in Spain.
thats amazing, hopefully they will keep this going into the playoffs and bring SA another Championship,have surpassed their victory total of last season with 14 games left.
Becky Hammon has really turned this team around, she should be a Candidate for MVP
Looks like someone took a shot at her in the jaw.
dayum.
not even tryin and shes still smokin
Stars get a win against the EC's co-leader on the road last night, keep WC lead at two games:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b....aa3eea53.html
INDIANAPOLIS - Sophia Young scored 24 points, including four in overtime, to lead the Silver Stars to a 71-63 victory over the short-handed Indiana Fever on Tuesday night.
Becky Hammon added 17 points and Vickie Johnson scored 12 for the Silver Stars (15-7), who snapped a four-game losing streak against Indiana.
"We're such a different team this year from the standpoint of personnel," Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes said. "It's a new situation for us."
Anna DeForge had 15 points and Tammy Sutton-Brown added 12 for the Fever (16-7), who lost a season-high third straight game.
Indiana was playing its second game without All-Star Tamika Catchings, who injured her left foot July 20 against Detroit. She could miss the rest of the regular season.
"You can't make up for a player like Catchings - you just have to fill in the hole she leaves," said Hammon, who scored 15 points in the second half and overtime. "Even without her, they're a quality team." (of course, the Stars are playing short-handed these days too, but no doubt the AP hack that wrote this has no clue about that)
The Silver Stars began overtime with baskets by Young and Ruth Riley to open a 65-61 advantage. Following Tully Bevilaqua's jumper for Indiana, Young shot two free throws and Riley made a jumper to extend the lead to 69-63.
"I thought our team came out aggressive tonight," Young said. "They have some really big, physical post players, and it was just a matter of staying strong in there and working hard."
The Silver Stars took their biggest lead of the fourth quarter at 55-49 on Hammon's jumper with 4:35 remaining, but the Fever regained a 61-59 advantage following Bevilaqua's 3-pointer with 22 seconds left in regulation.
Hammon tied it at 61 with a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left, and Indiana's Tamika Whitmore missed a jumper at the buzzer to force overtime.
"We had our chances, but just didn't take advantage of them," Fever coach Brian Winters said.
The Silver Stars started the third quarter with three straight baskets by Johnson to cut the Fever's 29-22 halftime lead to one point. Minutes later, the Silver Stars took a 34-33 edge following Camille Little's jumper.
(Tom Strickland/AP)
The Silver Stars' Camille Little shoots over Indiana's Tammy Sutton-Brown.
Silver Stars magic number to clinch a playoff birth is 2 (I think). They can clinch a playoff birth if they beat Phoenix on Thursday and if LA loses at Houston on Friday. Otherwise, the Silver Stars can clinch a playoff birth if they beat LA at home on Saturday.
In any event, it would appear that we're headed for a second dose of playoff basketball in San Antonio this summer.
I'd like to take this moment to thank the Silver Stars for their supporting role in making the first basketball game viewed on my new (delivered yesterday) 47" HD screen another victory for Detroit. Thankyouver'much, ladies.
It was a tough game last night. The Shock couldn't miss in the first quarter and the Stars couldn't adjust to the defense in the second half.
No Cheryl Ford and we're still steamrolling the WNBA...good work ladies.
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