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WNBA: Sacramento 81, Los Angeles 63

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Published: Sept. 3, 2005 at 7:40 PM

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Ticha Penicheiro and Yolanda Griffith scored 13 points each Friday night as Sacramento topped Los Angeles, 81-63.

The Monarchs won the best-of-three Western Conference semi-final series in a two-game sweep and advanced to the second round, where they will meet the Houston-Seattle winner in the conference final.

Rebekkah Brunson and Kara Lawson added 11 points apiece and Hamchetou Maiga had 10 for Sacramento.

The Sparks' Tamika Whitmore scored 15 and Nikki Teasley added 14, but Chamique Holdsclaw was limited to seven points, going 3-for-12 from the field, and Lisa Leslie had only six points.

Topics: Kara Lawson, Lisa Leslie
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