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Andrea Stinson scored five of her 17 points in overtime to lead the visiting Charlotte Sting to a 73-66 victory over the Cleveland Rockers on Wednesday before 15,170. Stinson made a three-point basket to give the Sting (14-9) a 64-60 lead with 3:36 left in overtime and it never got closer. Merlakia Jones scored 20 points to lead Cleveland (8-15).

Cynthia Cooper scored 32 points, including 18 of Houston's 20 in a 6:14 span in the first half, and the Comets beat the Utah Starzz, 77-57, Tuesday night at Salt Lake City to clinch the WNBA Western Conference title. A Starzz record crowd of 15,657 attended as upper-deck tickets were sold for $1. Rockers 72, Monarchs 60--Isabelle Fijalkowski scored 17 points and Eva Nemcova added 16 as Cleveland held off a late 10-0 run by host Sacramento. .

Janice Braxton scored 19 points as the Cleveland Rockers routed the Utah Starzz, 95-68, Saturday night at Cleveland, extending Utah's road losing streak to five games. Eva Nemcova had 15 points, Isabelle Fijalkowski and Lynette Woodard added 13 each for the Rockers, who shot a league-record 57.1% (36 for 63) from the field. Utah is 0-7 against Eastern Conference teams. Elena Baranova had 25 points to lead the Starzz. She shot nine for 14 from the floor, including five of nine three-point shots.