Quest Winning Streak Reaches 10

Valerie Still had 22 points and eight rebounds as the Columbus Quest won their 10th consecutive game by defeating the New England Blizzard 72-52 Friday night at Columbus, Ohio.

It also was the 17th straight home victory for Columbus (29-7), surpassing the previous ABL record of 16 the Quest set last season.

Quest 72, Blizzard 52 Columbus, Ohio

New England (52) - Hodges 2-4 2-3 6, Jones 3-10 4-4 10, Deden 3-8 0-0 6, D.Tate 2-6 0-0 4, Rizzotti 4-6 0-0 9, Roland 0-1 0-0 0, Hill 1-4 0-0 3, Berube 0-0 0-0 0, T.Davis 1-3 2-2 4, Berry 0-3 0-0 0, Wolters 4-6 2-2 10. Totals 20-51 10-11 52.

Columbus (72) - Lloyd 4-8 0-0 9, Smith 5-10 4-4 18, Still 8-14 6-6 22, S.Tate 0-4 2-2 2, Johnson 1-4 0-0 2, Thirdgill 3-4 0-0 6, Stires 2-2 0-0 4, L.Davis 0-2 0-0 0, Thompson 1-1 0-0 2, Potthoff 1-4 5-6 7. Totals 25-53 17-18 72.

New England 17 9 12 14 - 52

Columbus 9 22 15 26 - 72

3-Point goals-New England 2-7 (Hill 1-1, Rizzotti 1-3, Jones 0-1, Berry 0-1, T.Davis 0-1), Columbus 5-14 (Smith 4-6, Lloyd 1-3, S.Tate 0-1, Still 0-2, Johnson 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- New England 30 (Hodges 5), Columbus 31 (Still 8). Assists-New England 14 (Deden, D.Tate 4), Columbus 20 (Johnson 7). Total fouls-New England 17, Columbus 16. A-3,526.

Power 77, Reign 66 At Seattle

Natalie Williams scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Power to their 11th consecutive victory over the Reign. Molly Goodenbour added 17 points, Elaine Powell 13 and Katy Steding 10 for Portland (23-15).

Shalonda Enis and Kate Starbird paced Seattle with 16 each.

Seattle opened the game with a quick spurt, taking a 14-5 lead on Angela Aycock’s 3-pointer with 6:12 left in the first quarter. The Reign took their biggest lead at 30-18 in the second quarter before Portland came alive. “Their team rebounding in the second half was exceptional. That was the key,” Reign coach Tammy Holder said.

Portland (77) - Milton 1-6 0-0 2, Harrison 3-6 0-0 6, Williams 10-16 5-6 25, Powell 4-10 3-6 13, Goodenbour 6-8 2-2 17, Crawley 2-3 0-0 4, Steding 5-12 0-1 10. Totals 31-61 10-15 77.

Seattle (66) - Enis 6-21 2-4 16, Aycock 2-4 0-0 6, Whiting 5-11 2-4 12, Paye 1-6 0-0 3, Starbird 5-10 4-4 16, Orr 1-2 0-0 3, Hedgpeth 0-0 3-4 3, Holmes 1-6 1-2 3, Ndiaye 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 23-64 12-18 66.

Portland 14 14 29 20 - 77

Seattle 23 11 15 17 - 66

3-Point goals-Portland 5-13 (Goodenbour 3-4, Powell 2-5, Harrison 0-1, Steding 0-3), Seattle 8-21, .381 (Aycock 2-3, Starbird 2-5, Enis 2-7, Orr 1-1, Paye 1-4, Holmes 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Portland 40 (Williams 10), Seattle 34 (Whiting 7). Assists-Portland 19 (Powell 7), Seattle 14 (Paye 4). Total fouls-Portland 18, Seattle 18. A-4,348.

Explosion 70, StingRays 69 At Denver

Edna Campbell made a 3-pointer with 1:42 remaining and Debbie Black made two free throws with 36 seconds left as the Explosion rallied from 16 points down to defeat Long Beach.

Long Beach (69) - Davis-Wrightsil 3-10 0-0 8, Griffith 7-13 5-6 19, Lacy 2-5 0-1 4, Williams 7-11 4-5 20, Nagy 0-3 0-0 0, Stafford 1-4 4-6 6, Wilkerson 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 2-5 0-0 4, Bauer 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 25-56 15-20 69.

Colorado (70) - Hall 3-8 2-3 9, Robinson 3-9 4-4 12, Phillips 5-8 1-2 11, Black 4-5 4-4 13, Campbell 3-9 0-0 8, Wynne 1-5 3-4 5, Anderson 3-6 0-1 6, Sheetz 0-1 0-0 0, Ford 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 24-54 16-20 70.

Long Beach 19 26 8 16 - 69

Colorado 12 17 21 20 - 70

3-Point goals-Long Beach 4-11 (Williams 2-2, DavisWrightsil 2-5, Griffith 0-1, Nagy 0-1, Wilkerson 0-1, Johnson 0-1), Colorado 6-14 (Campbell 2-4, Robinson 2-6, Black 1-1, Hall 1-1, Anderson 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Long Beach 36 (Williams 7), Colorado 31 (Hall 6). Assists-Long Beach 14 (Nagy 7), Colorado 16 (Black 5). Total fouls-Long Beach 18, Colorado 21. A-3,806.

Lasers 85, Glory 76 San Jose, Calif.

Jennifer Azzi and Charlotte Smith combined for 45 points to lead the Lasers past the Glory.

Atlanta (76) - Edwards 2-13 1-1 5, McClain 5-12 8-8 18, Lovelace 4-11 3-4 11, Roundtree 6-15 0-0 15, McCrimmon 5-10 3-3 14, Henderson 1-2 0-0 2, Vidic 0-1 2-2 2, Freeman 0-1 1-2 1, Boswell 2-3 2-2 6, Conklin 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 26-71 20-22 76.

San Jose (85) - Smith 7-9 8-10 22, Sam 6-17 1-1 13, Machanguana 5-8 9-12 19, Azzi 9-13 4-6 23, Holland-Corn 2-8 2-3 6, Byrd 0-0 0-0 0, Kaplan 0-1 0-0 0, Sandie 0-0 0-0 0, Gaither 1-1 0-2 2, Henning 0-2 0-0 0, Bradley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-59 24-34 85.

Atlanta 17 22 12 25 - 76

San Jose 14 25 19 27 - 85

3-Point goals-Atlanta 4-14 (Roundtree 3-5, McCrimmon 1-1, Boswell 0-1, Conklin 0-1, Edwards 0-6), San Jose 1-5 (Azzi 1-2, Holland-Corn 0-1, Sam 0-2). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- Atlanta 39 (McClain 11), San Jose 44 (Machanguana 12). Assists- Atlanta 18 (Edwards 9), San Jose 10 (Azzi, Holland-Corn 3). Total fouls-Atlanta 25, San Jose 20. A-12,396