Rolling Liberty gets bad Shock
Odyssey Sims had 27 points and seven assists as the Tulsa Shock ended the host Liberty’s four-game win streak with an 81-76 win Saturday night.
Brittany Boyd led Eastern Conference-leading Liberty (16-7) with 22 points, and Tina Charles added 13 points and eight rebounds.
The Shock (11-14) opened a 20-point lead with an 11-2 run at the start of the second half. The Liberty chipped away and got within five with 1:08 left, but Candice Wiggins missed a long jumper and Sims made two free throws to seal it.
IRISH DT JONES OUT SEASON
Notre Dame defensive tackle Jarron Jones is out for the season with a right knee injury.
Coach Brian Kelly says the 6-foot-5, 315-pound senior has a torn medial collateral ligament and will undergo surgery in the next few days. Kelly calls it a freak injury, saying Jones was standing and another player fell and rolled up on him during an 11-on-11 drill in practice Friday.
Jones was a returning starter who missed the final two games of last season after undergoing surgery on his left foot. He was ninth on the team in tackles with 40, including 11/2 sacks.
Kelly says freshman Jerry Tillery and sophomore Daniel Cage are the likely replacements for Jones.
BROOKE, 17, HAS 5-SHOT LEAD
Canadian teen Brooke Henderson opened a fivestroke lead in the Cambia Portland Classic, shooting a 7-under 65 at Columbia Edgewater in Oregon. Henderson is trying to join Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson as the only players to win an LPGA Tour title before turning 18. Henderson made seven birdies in her bogey-free round.
Henderson, who turns 18 in September, tied the tournament 54-hole record of 19-under 198 set by Yani Tseng in 2013. Morgan Pressel was second after a 65.
MILLION-DOLLAR PIZZA
The Pizza Man won the Arlington Million, beating Big Blue Kitten by a half-length in Arlington Heights, Ill., for this third straight victory. Ridden by Florent Geroux, The 6-year-old winner paid $13.60, $6.60 and $4.60. Big Blue Kitten returned $4 and $3.20, and Shining Copper paid $11.40 to show.