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WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Alana Beard spent nearly all of the third quarter and much of the fourth on the bench for the Mystics on Sunday afternoon after suffering a heavy blow to her right eye during a scramble for rebound two minutes after halftime.
Looking like a prizefighter, Beard still managed to bank in one of only two Washington field goals in the final quarter with just under a minute to play, helping the Mystics hold off Connecticut, 69-64, in front of 9,610 at Verizon Center.
“I can [still] see, it’s just to the right,” said Beard, who demonstrated the setup for her natural left-handed shooting stroke. “It was a good thing the goal was like, right here [left shoulder]. If I had to shoot it coming off [the right], I would’ve missed it big time.”
With Beard out, Nikki Blue scored a career-high 13 points, including three 3-pointers, while Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11 points, 10 rebounds) and Nakia Sanford (9 points, 11 rebounds) cleaned the boards.
Lindsay Whalen matched her career-high with 33 points to lead the Sun (13-8), but most came on the heels of 22-2 and 13-2 runs in the second and third quarters, respectively, for the Mystics (8-12).
“When your point guard has half your points,” said Sun coach Mike Thibault, “That’s not a good thing.”
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Go Mystics this is the one u need, u are home take it, i said take play with heart. way to go tree. DJ Rope Flanagan of WPFW Radio a mystics and have always been one
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While this move (signing Currie) will fill the seats (for a little while), this was a bad move for the team. Chastity Melvin was healthy, and playing some of the best 'ball on the team. She was a legitimate Center, in a league with very few legitamate Centers. Nakia Sanford plays hard, which is great, but she has a propencity to get into foul trouble quite early and often; we have no one behind Nakia Sanford, (that kid they picked up, Goring, is no where near ready). We got crushed by the Monarchs 'inside'. Currie would not have helped. We're screwed.
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