WNBA Seattle Storm

Storm Forward Lauren Jackson To Miss Three Games

September 1, 2004 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Seattle Storm News Release


SEATTLE – The Seattle Storm today announced that WNBA All-Star forward Lauren Jackson will miss the team's next three games, beginning with tonight's matchup against Sacramento, while she returns to her native Australia to visit her seriously ill grandmother.

The Storm also announced that center Janell Burse, who missed the last five games due to right hip bursitis, has been activated. In a related roster move, the Storm placed Jackson, who just returned from winning a silver medal with the Australian National Team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, on the injured list with a right mid-foot sprain. Per WNBA rules, she will miss three games while on the injured list.

Prior to the Olympic break, Jackson, who had started every game this season, was averaging a WNBA-leading 20.6 points and 6.8 rebounds in 25 games.

Burse returns to the active roster averaging 4.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 20 games.

Tonight's game will be televised on Fox Sports Net with Jim Watson and Mary Murphy calling the action. It will also be broadcast on Sports Radio 950 KJR AM with David Locke providing the play-by-play and Elise Woodward serving as the game analyst.

Tickets for tonight's game and the other three remaining Storm home games – Sept. 8 vs. Detroit, Sept. 15 vs. Phoenix and Sept. 18 vs. Los Angeles – can be purchased by logging on to storm.wnba.com, by calling 1-877-WNBA-TIX or by visiting any Ticketmaster location including the Sonics & Storm Team Shop at 312 First Ave. N. on KeyArena's West Plaza.

The Seattle Sonics & Storm manages the Puget Sound region's professional basketball franchises – the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics and the WNBA's Seattle Storm. The organization oversees all sales, marketing, finance, public relations and basketball operations for the teams. The Basketball Club of Seattle LLC owns both teams.

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