NBA: Pondexter, Pierson lead Liberty past Silver Stars

NBA NBA Pondexter, Pierson lead Liberty past Silver Stars 2 Jul 2011, 2:17 am NEWARK, N.J. â€" Cappie Pondexter scored 19 points, Plenette Pierson had 10 of her 14 down the stretch and the New York Liberty beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 81-75 Friday night. Nicole Powell added 13 points to help New York (5-5) get its third win in four games, and second straight at home. Danielle Adams scored 19 points to lead San Antonio (7-2), which lost for the first time in five road games. Becky Hammon and Sophia Young added 16 points each for the Silver Stars. Powell and Pierson made two free throws apiece to give New York a 75-71 lead with under 3 minutes to go. Young made two baskets 23 seconds apart, but Pierson had two free throws and a layup to keep the Liberty ahead by four. Pierson then had a fastbreak layup with 10.5 seconds left to seal it for New York. Pondexter made a jumper and Mitchell had a layup to give the Liberty a 63-58 lead with about 6 1/2 minutes to go. Hammon hit a 3-pointer 25 seconds later and Adams made one of her own with 4:38 remaining to push the Silver Stars ahead, 66-65. After Pondexter hit two free throws to put the Liberty up three a minute later, Hammon hit another 3 to tie it 71-all with 3:26 left. Ruth Riley made consecutive jumpers to give San Antonio a 44-43 lead with 5:47 left in the third quarter. After Hammon made a free throw 31 seconds later, Pondexter's jumper tied the score 45-45 midway through the period. Jayne Appel's three-point play with 1:19 to go in the third gave the Silver Stars a 53-52 lead. Leilani Mitchell's layup at the buzzer appeared to put the Liberty back ahead, but it was disallowed after a video review. The Liberty scored seven consecutive points to take a 31-22 lead on Pondexter's layup with 6:56 to go in the second quarter. New York mostly maintained that lead until Tully Bevilaqua made two free throws in the final minute of the period to pull the Silver Stars to 39-34 at the break. Young had a layup and Danielle Robinson made two free throws to pull San Antonio within a point in the opening minute of the third quarter. The Associated Press You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.