WNBA New York Liberty

New York Liberty game notes

Published on May 30, 2006 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
New York Liberty News Release


LAST TWO GAMES

Mystics 95, Liberty 60 (May 23, 2006 - Washington D.C.): The Liberty traveled to our nation's capital for the second game of the season to face Washington... The Mystics got off to a speedy start, scoring the games first 14 points, ignited by back-to-back buckets from Alana Beard... The Mystics continued their torrid streak by finishing out the first quarter with a 27-8 lead... After trailing by 23, the Liberty battled back to within nine on a pair of free throws from Becky Hammon at the 1:00 mark of the second before entering the locker room down 50-36... The Mystics outscored the Liberty by 12 in the third quarter and nine in the fourth quarter, giving the Mystics the victory by a 95-60 margin... Shameka Christon led the Liberty with 18 points and Kelly Schumacher grabbed a game and career-high 12 rebounds ... Beard led the Mystics with a game-high 25 points.

Sun 91, Liberty 74 (May 20, 2006 - Uncasville, CT): The Liberty opened the season on the road against Connecticut... The Sun won the opening tip, scored the game's first point, and kept scoring from there... Connecticut led by as many as 17 in the first half before taking a 47-33 lead into the locker room... The Liberty got to within 13 points on a Becky Hammon jumper with 6:17 remaining in the game, but that was as close as the team would get... A Jamie Carey lay-up with :12 seconds remaining gave the Sun its final 91-74 win ... Hammon led all scorers with 20 points... Nykesha Sales led the Sun with 19 points.

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New York vs. Indiana

The Liberty travels to Indiana this evening to face the Fever... Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse... The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2... New York is currently 0-2, coming off losses to Connecticut and Washington... Indiana is 2-0 after defeating Detroit and San Antonio to start out its 2006 campaign.

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TEAM NOTES

T-SPOON NEEDS YOUR HELP!: You remember her passion, her dedication and of course that famous half-court shot. Not to mention that she was a five time All-Star, the Defensive Player of the Year on two occasions, and is the Liberty's all-time leader in assists, 2nd overall in WNBA history. New York fans knows that Teresa Weatherspoon was the heart and soul of the Liberty for seven seasons... She gave her all to the club and the fans, and now it's our turn to give back to her!

T-Spoon is one of 30 nominees that will fill 10 spots on the WNBA's All-Decade Team, a team that will represent the best the league has seen from its first nine seasons. So you want to know how you can help? Log on to http://msgnyc.com/index.cfm?n35043s2324c12475238t2200e37566857o7505 this week and vote for our girl! Let's have T-Spoon finish strong in the voting and show the league she deserves to be on the team.

The 10 selected players will be honored on July 12th at the WNBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden. Let's make it a night to remember by honoring Weatherspoon on her home court in front of her hometown fans!

Also on the ballot are Rebecca Lobo, another Liberty original, and Becky Hammon, the team's leading scorer for the past three seasons.

So be sure to log on and vote, vote, vote!

LIFE ON THE ROAD: The Liberty is in the midst of its longest season-opening road trip since 1998... On Tuesday New York will play the third of its first four regular season games away from The Garden... Each of its first four opponents, Connecticut, Washington, Indiana and Detroit, are Eastern Conference showdowns... The only other time the Liberty have played this many games away from home to start the season was in 1998, when New York played its first five games on the road.

FOR THE RECORD: In the Liberty's last game against Washington on May 23, Kelly Schumacher set a career-high by grabbing 12 rebounds... Her previous high was nine, which she had posted on three occasions during her career, the last time coming in September of 2004 when she was with Indiana... Schumacher's five offensive boards also tied a career high... Her performance under the boards helped the Liberty out-rebound the Mystics 34-22 for the game.

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