Houston Clinches Conference Title

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.

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Mercury 88, Mystics 59--Jennifer Gillom scored 21 points as host Phoenix snapped a five-game losing streak with the victory over Washington.