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Shavonte’s three lifts Liberty
Shavonte Zellous banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Liberty past the Connecticut Sun, 79-76, on Wednesday.
Tina Charles led the Liberty with 19 points and 11 rebounds, Epiphanny Prince scored 15 and Zellous finished with 14.
Brittany Boyd found Prince for a 3-pointer in the corner to tie it at 76 with 24.3 seconds left. After Connecticut’s Jasmine Thomas missed a 3, the Liberty (6-14) called a timeout with 1.8 seconds left. Zellous hit her only 3-point attempt in the game, finishing 6 of 7 from the field.
Chiney Ogwumike had 17 points on 8 of 11 shooting and nine rebounds, while Courtney Williams scored 16 points for the Sun (10-10). Alyssa Thomas, who returned from a 10-game absence because of a shoulder injury, added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Connecticut led by as many as 10 points before a day-game crowd of 7,413. Rachel Banham’s 3-pointer gave the Sun a 74-69 lead with 2:50 left.
The Liberty snapped a three-game skid, winning for just the second time in the last 10 games.
PACMAN INVOLVED IN SCUFFLE
Adam (Pacman) Jones was involved in yet another altercation, but this time it was only his counterpart who was arrested.
The free-agent cornerback confronted a man who police said allegedly “made a gesture” toward Jones at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday evening before engaging in a physical altercation, according to TMZ Sports, which also obtained a video of the incident.
The suspect, Frank Ragin, an employee at cleaning company ABM, was seen on the video walking side-by-side with Jones in a verbal spat before the two were separated.
Ragin managed to escape and attacked Jones, striking him and knocking him back into a wall.
Jones, 34, retaliated and took a few swings at Ragin while Jones’ female friend — who was also hit by Ragin in the crossfire — attempted to step in and stop the fight.
The former Bengals defensive back soon hit Ragin in the head, knocking him down and then striking him on the ground before being pulled away by others.