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HOUSTON (AP) —The Comets, projected as an av-
ige team before the season started, roared past the
wYork Liberty 65-51 Saturday to win the first WNBA
unpionship. League MVP Cynthia Cooper thrilled
capacity crowd of 16,285 in The Summit with 25
ots.
Years from now when women’s basketball is going
at and they have one of those trivia questions
nit who won the first title, they’ll say the Houston
_jets,” Comets coach Van Chancellor said. “No
res, dishes, decoration^ else can ever say they won the first WNBA title.
Houston began the season without Sheryl
rYCLE Ijfcinnes. who didn’t join the team until late July after
ing birth on June 25.
Bryan. 696-1248 (Actiofl^Comets rallied late to win the Eastern Confer-
jfetitle by one game over the Liberty, who lost sev-
uzuki GS7oo. Runsanloftheir last nine games. I louston played Saturday
$1,200.822-2675,woit| : i 10Ut starting center Wanda Guyton, who suffered
;es? Park by most an| incuss j 0 n in Thursday’s semifinal win over Char-
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Cooper, the league’s leading scorer, also was a
imous selection to the all-WNBA team. Forward
alhompson was a first team pick and Chancellor
ist'be 18?rs 0 ' 28 Se™5' COach ° f tlle V^ 11 ' ^nors.
jThe Comets couldn’t beat the Liberty early, losing
900-285-9035, Ext.99e4'i f 1 * ie ' r ^ lst * olir matchups, but the finished with
8yrs. Serv-U: (619)645§(mrjsh.
. At the start of the season, we lost three games to
'dItock S u^a T .es a iS‘ Voi 'k and everybody said ‘when are you going to
in. Must be 18yrs. servf .New York?’,” Comets forward Janeth Arcain said.
, SJ _J,ai(iinthe finals because the finals are the most im-
S .is iiant.”
TllieComets won when it counted and so did the
r-775-5755 18A in its first season, according to president Val
lerman, who said before Saturday’s title game that
league’s only surprises were good ones,
bam home within cycling ooking to next season, Ackerman said he hopes
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snt: halt ot $485 +i/2utiii- fans came out in greater numbers than we hoped
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3 campus. $n2.5o/mo)ljurunderestimation of the fans’ readiness for this
league and for these players.”
Cooper, who guided the Comets from start to fin
ish, scored eight straight free throws down the stretch
Saturday when the Liberty tried to make a comeback.
Cooper wouldn’t allow it.
“A lot of people have counted us out,” she said. “We
didn’t have Sheryl at the beginning. People said ‘Well,
they might be a .500 team.’ We worked hard. We got in
the gym. We had two and three-hour practices. This is
what it’s all about. This is the payoff.”
Thompson scored 10 of her 18 points in the second
half and did an outstanding defensive job on New
York’s Rebecca Lobo. New York coach Nancy Darsch
said the Liberty just didn’t perform.
“I think it had something to do with us not execut
ing our offense and them executing theirs,” Darsch
said. “That was kind of the story the whole game.”
The Comets defense also had something to do with
it, New York guard Theresa Weatherspoon said.
“We turned the basketball over a little bit too much
in the second half,” Weatherspoon said. “And they
took advantage of everything that happened. It was a
little tough for us on the offensive end.”
Tammy Jackson stepped into the starting lineup for
Guyton and had 11 rebounds, two steals and seven
points in 37 minutes.
“Tammy came in and never blinked an eye,” Chan
cellor said. “She started the biggest game of her life.
That’s test to her character, her intestinal fortitude and
everything else. What a game.”
Now, it’s the off-season and the Comets must think
of the future. Comets guard Kim Perrot is looking for
a job.
“I’m waiting for somebody to call me and hire me
for a job,” Perrot said. “If anybody is looking for an em
ployee, they need to call me.”
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dated Press’ Top 25 college
poll.
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ing for 310 yards
and five touch
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victory over Texas
Tech Saturday
night, jumped
two spots to No. 3
in the second poll
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son.
Syracuse,
which lost to
nh Carolina State 32-31 in over-
1, fell out of the Top 25 a week af-
!a24-0 win over Wisconsin boost-
Ihe Orangemen from No. 17 to
13.
And Penn State, which opens the
I son Saturday against Pittsburgh,
• eived 23 first-place votes and
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1,616 points from the 70 sportswrit-
ers and broadcasters who vote in
the poll. Last week, the Nittany Li
ons collected 22 first-place votes
and 1,602 points.
Florida, despite a lackluster 21-6
season-opening win over Southern
Mississippi, remained No. 2 with 14
first-place votes and 1,543 points,
while the Vols got seven first-place
votes and 1,523 points.
Washington, which opens its
season Saturday at Brigham Young,
remained No. 4 with nine first-place
votes and 1,502 points.
Florida State, preparing for its
season opener at Southern Califor
nia Saturday, fell two places to No. 5
with six first-place votes and 1,494
points.
Nebraska, a 59-14 winner over
Akron, was No. 6 (four first-place
votes and 1,434 points), with North
Carolina No. 7 (four first-place votes,
1,335 points), Colorado No. 8 (three
first-place votes, 1,323 points), Ohio
State No. 9 and LSU No. 10.
The Buckeyes, who beat
Wyoming 24-10 Thursday night, did
not receive a first-place vote this
week, after receiving one a week
ag°-
Notre Dame, which opens the
season Saturday against Georgia
Tech, remained No. 11, followed by
Texas, Miami, Michigan, Alabama,
Auburn, Stanford, Clemson, BYU
and Iowa. Kansas State and North
western were tied at No. 21, fol
lowed by Southern California, Col
orado State and Michigan State.
In the USA Today/ESPN coach
es’ poll, Florida was No. 1, followed
by Penn State, Tennessee, Washing
ton and Florida State.
Colorado State entered the poll
for the first time since 1994 at No. 24
Miami and Alabama each
moved up a spot after victories Sat
urday. The Hurricanes improved to
No. 13 with a 45-14 win over Baylor,
while the Crimson Tide, winning
42-17 in Mike DuBose’s coaching
debut, moved up to No. 15.
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