
Fury holds on over Stealth for second win in a row
February 23, 2003 - National Women's Basketball League (NWBL)
Dallas Fury News Release
In a game that looked early on as if it would be a blowout turned out to be quite a finish. With some big plays down the stretch the Fury would hold on for the 63-61 victory, it's second on the year.
In the first half of this one it was all Tennessee. They jumped out to an 18 point lead with a 12-0 run led by some hot shooting early on by Semeka Randall who finished the game with a team high 19 points.
Then Houston was able to close the lead at the half to 37-32. The Stealth was led by, who other then Sheryl Swoopes. She had 12 of her game high 20 points and scored the last 6 points of the first half for the Stealth.
In the second half Swoopes picked right up where she left off nailing a three to give the Stealth it's first lead of the game at 40-39 at 16:07 of the second half.
The stealth would go up 52-49 on two baskets by Marla Brumfield. Then it was Becky Hammon's turn. She drilled two three pointers on consecutive possessions to give the Fury a 55-52 advantage with just over six minutes remaining. Hammon would finish up with 17 points in the contest.
With the Fury up60-58 Semeka Randall would go to the line and hit 1 of 2 free throws to make it a three-point advantage.
Then the Fury made a huge mistake. They left Swoopes open from the left wing and she nailed a three to tie it up with just 30 seconds remaining. Then with ten seconds left in the game Keisha Brown scored on a drive to the hole that would seal the win for the Fury.
Coach Rodney Minggia is excited to see his team stick to their winning ways.
"Tonight we just found a way to get it done. It took a lot out of us when they made that run to get back in the game, but with 6 minutes left I knew we had to give it all we had in order to come out of here with a win."
Up next for the Fury is a date with the Birmingham Power on Thursday in Birmingham a team the Fury lost to in their first meeting at Maryville College. The Fury will play the next 6 out of 7 games on the road.
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