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SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Katie Smith scored 22 points Wednesday night to lead Detroit over Sacramento, 72-52, and tie the WNBA Finals at two games each.
Cheryl Ford had 13 points and 10 rebounds; and Deanna Nolan, Swin Cash and Elaine Powell all scored eight points for the Shock, who forced a decisive fifth game on Saturday afternoon at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich.
Sacramento is trying to win its second straight title.
Detroit won the contest going away by out-scoring the Monarchs, 16-2, in the fourth quarter.
Nicole Powell scored 13 points, and Yolanda Griffith had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Monarchs, who had no other players in double figures.
Detroit out-shot Sacramento from the floor, 43.5 percent to 31.7 percent.
The Monarchs had an 11-game home playoff streak snapped.
Both teams committed 15 turnovers.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
No. 5-seeded Kevin Anderson needed to win a pair of tiebreakers Monday in claiming a first-round win at the SAP Open tennis tournament in California.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An Australian man who bared his buttocks to Queen Elizabeth during the monarch's visit to the country was fined $800.
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