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SPORTS
Monday, Augusl 21;
THE BATTALION
Comets claim fourth titl
Dynasty continues as Houston wins championsh
HOUSTON (AP) — Winning
does not seem to get commonplace
for the Houston Comets, who now
own a string of titles unmatched in
pro sports in two decades.
Cast as underdogs, the Comets
completed another championship run
by beating the New York Liberty 79-
73 in overtime Saturday for their
fourth WNBA championship in a
row, remaining the only champions
in the league’s history.
They swept all three playoff op
ponents in best-of-three series and the
latest title has coach Van Chancellor
considering a change in jewelry.
“1 pretty well always have worn
that first ring, but I’m going to switch
to the fourth one, because all this
time they’ve been crowning the Los
Angeles Sparks the champion or
Sacramento or somebody besides the
Comets,” Chancellor said.
The Comets took a place in pro
playoff history with their fourth title.
The only NBA team to win at least
four in a row was the Boston Celtics,
who won eight in a row, ending in
1966. The last major sport pro team
to win four in a row was the NHL's
New York Islanders, from 1980-83.
With typical heart, emotion and
the Big Three — Sheryl Swoopes,
Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson
— the Comets lost the lead late in
Saturday’s game but tied it on a
clutch 3-point basket by Cooper to
force the overtime.
“It’s hard to go out there night after
night and just play,” Chancellor said.
“I thought we just had to get to the
playoffs. Can you believe we swept
Sacramento, LA and New York?”
During the season, Cooper, 37,
said she would retire once the year
was out, and if she holds firm — some
players think she will play next season
— the Comets might just be vulnera
ble enough for another team to win.
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Cooper won her fourth sin
championship finals MVPau
getting 25 points, seven assists
four rebounds in the clinching^
“When everyone counted us
we hung in there and showedci
acter, perseverance,” Coopers
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New York?”
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Comets head coach
we came out and played tougb
single minute.”
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straight times in the regular .^ a yb e a little h
and were the favorites to tins® va || ow
defending champions. But theCta However it
won their last five regular seta a ted that these
games and went 6-0 in the plays
Cooper bid the fans faretli
post-game celebration.
“I've had a wonderfulcwi
the WNBA,” she said. “Youci
n’t ask for a better time top
than on top with the Hon
Comets as No. 1. This is it.”
Later, she hedged.
“You know, right now Tim
New York, which has lost to the
Comets in three of the four WNBA,
championship series, is not so sure.
“They’re just going to step up and
score more points because they have
three MVPs on the team,” said Lib
erty forward Sue Wicks. “You lose
one, you still have two, and they’re
still going to handle business.”
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pionships we won.”
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Eusebio hits homer,
Astros down Expos
MONTREAL (AP) — Even Tony
Eusebio did not know how well he is
been hitting.
Eusebio doubled twice and hit
his seventh homer to extend his ca
reer-best hitting streak to 23 games
and Scott Elarton pitched his sec
ond career complete game as the
Houston Astros beat the Montreal
Expos 7-3 Sunday.
Moises Alou went 3-for-4 with his
25th homer off
Trey Moore (1-4), a
two-run shot down
the left-field line as
Houston scored
four in the fourth.
Eusebio doubled
following Alou’s
two-run homer to
tie the Astros’ team
record by hitting
safely in his 23rd
consecutive game.
a complete game against Montreal
on Aug. 6, allowed six hits, includ
ing Brian Schneider’s two-run dou
ble in the sixth, and seven walks. He
struck out six.
The Astros won for the 10th time
in their last 13 games.
“We definitely need some mo
mentum going into next year,” Elar
ton said. “We’ve got a lot of young
guys. We’re playing hard; it’s good
to see. The only
6 dr
The only thing
we can really do is
build momentum
for next year”
— Scott Elarton
Astros pitcher
thing we can re
ally do is build
momentum for
next year.”
Montreal has
lost 14 of its last
17 games, in
cluding five of its
last six. The Ex
pos have lost 14
of their last 16
games at
“I didn’t know the record streak
for the Astros was 23 games,” Euse
bio said. “When you play the game,
you don’t pay too much mind to it.”
He added an RBI double.in the
fifth and hit a solo homer in the
eighth to make it 7-2.
“I just tied it, I didn’t pass it, so
we’ll have to wait until tomorrow, an
other game,” Eusebio said. “Hope
fully I’ll pass it and I’ll be happy.”
Elarton (15-4), who also pitched
Olympic Stadium.
Jeff Bagwell got his 31st RBI in
August on a run-scoring grounder in
the first to tie the team record he al
ready shared with Derek Bell for
most RBIs in a month.
Roger Cedeno and Julio Lugo
singled to lead off the game. Cede
no advanced to third, and Lugo
went to second on Moore’s balk,
and Cedeno scored on Bagwell’s
grounder to second.
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