Comets pull out seven-point win
July 3, 2008 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Houston Comets News Release
ATLANTA(AP) Sancho Lyttle had 15 points and 18 rebounds to help the Houston Comets hold off a late rally to beat the winless Atlanta Dream 72-65 on Thursday night.
The Comets (8-9) almost squandered another sizable lead two nights after watching a 14-point lead vanish in a 78-68 loss to Connecticut.
Michelle Snow had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Comets before fouling out with 1:20 left in the fourth quarter. She was also called for a technical foul after dropping the ball on the face of Kasha Terry in the fourth.
Shannon Johnson had 12 points and seven assists for Houston, which played without Olympian Tina Thompson (broken finger) for the fourth straight game.
Betty Lennox scored 15 points for the Dream (0-17), who became the first team without a win at the midpoint of a season.
Sequoia Holmes' layup capped an 8-0 run, giving Houston a 44-28 lead with 7:33 left in the third quarter.
Atlanta scored seven straight points, highlighted by Kristin Haynie's 3-pointer and a layup by Katie Feentra, to trim the margin to 51-45 with 45 seconds left in the period.
But Latasha Byears scored on back-to-back layups and Lyttle added another layup, pushing the Comets lead to 12 points with 4:02 remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Dream rallied again, cutting the lead to 66-62 after Ivory Latta's steal and layup. Atlanta then hit three free throws to cut the lead to 68-65, but Johnson hit a short jumper and made two free throws to put the game away.
Latta had 13 points and Feenstra added 11 for the Dream.
Houston jumped out to a 15-2 lead in the first quarter, holding the Dream without a field goal until Jennifer Lacy made a layup with 1:04 left in the period. Atlanta shot 1-for-17 from the field during the opening period, committing eight turnovers.
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