Chicago Sky Weekly Update
July 24, 2007 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release
CHICAGO - The Chicago Sky (10-13) start the week after two dramatic back-to-back wins over the Eastern and Western conference leaders. On Saturday night, the Sky faced the Indiana Fever (16-6) and came away with a 68-65 win. Jia Perkins led the Sky with 17 points, including a clutch three-point shot with 42.4 seconds left. The following night, the Sky earned their second win of the season over the Western Conference-leading San Antonio Silver Stars (14-7). The game went into overtime with the score even at 69 at the end of regulation. Perkins continued her hot streak, and led the team in scoring for the fifth consecutive game with 27 points, but it was Dominique Canty's game-winning jumper with 6.1 seconds left (on a pass from Perkins) that gave the Sky the 84-82 overtime win.
This week, the Sky meets the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Shock (17-5) for the third time this season. The Sky is winless against the Shock and hopes to net a franchise-first win in Detroit on Thursday, July 26. On Friday, July 27 the Sky returns home to face the Phoenix Mercury (13-10) and WNBA All-Stars Diana Taurasi and Chicago native Cappie Pondexter. On Sunday, July 29 the Sky take on the Houston Comets (7-16) at the UIC Pavilion.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
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- Monday 7/23: OFF
- Tuesday 7/24: Practice at Solheim Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Wednesday 7/25: Practice at Solheim Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Thursday 7/26: Chicago Sky @ Detroit Shock at 6:30 p.m
- Friday 7/27: Chicago Sky vs. Phoenix Mercury at 7:30 p.m. at UIC Pavilion. Players and Head Coach Bo Overton will be available to speak with the media following the morning shootaround at UIC Pavilion from 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m., and after pre-game warm-ups from 6 to 6:30 p.m. TV: WTTW and NBA TV
- Saturday 7/28: Practice at Solheim Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Sunday 7/29: Chicago Sky vs. Houston Comets 5 p.m. at UIC Pavilion. Players and Head Coach Bo Overton will be available to speak with the media following the morning shootaround at UIC Pavilion from 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m., and after pre-game warm-ups from 3:30 to 4 p.m. TV: WCIU and NBA TV
- Monday 7/30: Practice at Solheim Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Tuesday 7/31: Chicago Sky @ Connecticut Sun at 6:00 p.m.
INJURY REPORT
Rookie forward Carla Thomas suffered a mild "high" right ankle sprain in Sunday's win over San Antonio. She is listed as day to day. Kayte Christensen is off the injured list.
SKY GUY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
On Friday, July 27 the team's beloved mascot, Sky Guy, celebrates his birthday. All Sky fans at the game will receive a free Sky Guy bobblehead. Other local team mascots will be on hand to perform and help Sky Guy celebrate, including Benny the Bull, Skates (Wolves), Tommy Hawk (Blackhawks), Sparky (Fire), Jammer (Joliet Jackhammers), Katy the Bandit, Dibs (DePaul), the Robert Morris College Eagle, the Kane County Cougar.
FAITH & FAMILY NIGHT
On Sunday, July 29, when the Sky takes on the Houston Comets, the team will be celebrating Faith & Family Night.
WHITNEY YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI TO MEET WITH CANTY
Whitney Young High School alumni are having a pre-game dinner in the Sky Deck on Sunday, July 29. They will sit together at the game and have a post-game meet-and-greet with Sky guard - and Whitney Young grad -- Dominique Canty.
WOMEN OF INSPIRATION
The Chicago Sky and LaSalle Bank have teamed up for a season-long program to honor "Women of Inspiration." The program has three elements, the first of which is a recognition program to select and honor five inspiring women at five Sky home games. Sky fans can nominate Chicago-area women who inspire them - by their courage, their determination, their forgiveness, the way they use a talent or skill, their generosity, their patience, or whatever it is that makes them inspiring. Thus far this season, the Sky has honored breast cancer survivor Shawn Mercer Dixon and Sister Stephanie Blaszczynski, president of Resurrection High School, who is in the process of opening an all-girls boarding school in Tanzania, Africa. Fans can fill out a nomination form at www.chicagosky.net or at the Sky Store on the concourse at Sky home games.
CHICAGO SKY AROUND TOWN
Chicago Public Libarary: From 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, July 23, Sky forward Armintie Price will appear at the Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch (1701 N. Milwaukee Ave.) as part of the team's summer reading program partnership with the Chicago Public Library.
Nike Clinic: The Chicago Sky will host the second of three Nike Team Clinics on Tuesday, July 24. Three Chicago area high school girls' basketball teams will attend an open Sky practice from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sky's practice facility at the Moody Bible Institute's Solheim Center, followed by a one-hour clinic from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. conducted by Sky players Armintie Price, Stacey Dales, Candice Dupree, and Assistant Coach and WNBA veteran Stephanie White.
Chat with Jia: Chicago Sky Guard Jia Perkins, the team's second leading scorer with 11.2 points per game, will participate in a live chat with fans on the Chicago Sky message boards at www.chicagoskytalk.net on Tuesday, July 24 from 2 to 3 p.m.
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