Kara Lawson scored 5 points for Team USA in the win over Spain Friday.
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The Sacramento Monarchs re-signed free agent DeMya Walker on Monday, two months after releasing her with what was believed to be a season-ending knee injury.
Walker was waived on May 15, less than three weeks after breaking her knee cap while playing in Russia. She underwent surgery on May 2 and was expected to miss six months.
But after rehabilitating the injury, Walker has been cleared by Monarchs team doctors to return to the court.
“I am honored and blessed to be back with the Monarchs,” Walker said. “I know my faith in God along with my family and the organization’s faith in me, including the fans’ support, is the reason I was able to recover so quickly.”
Walker was Sacramento’s leading scorer and an All-Star in 2005 when the Monarchs won the WNBA title. She missed half of that season with right knee injuries, and then missed half of the 2006 season after giving birth to her daughter. She played only five games last year before injuring her right knee again.
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Back-to-back games and the Monarchs stand strong with 2 wins.
Nicole Powell and Crystal Kelly each scored 18 points to lead the Monarchs to an 82-78 win over the Lynx on Thursday night.
The Monarchs (5-4) built a big lead, then held off a rally by the Lynx.
The Monarchs won 79-76 at Washington on Wednesday night.
“Crystal and all of our rookies are doing a really great job for us and Crystal in particular has some instinctual gifts that you can’t teach,” Monarchs coach Jenny Boucek said. “An ability to score and create contact in there and she gives us a really strong low post presence coming off of the bench.”
Minnesota, which has lost three of four after a franchise-best 5-0 start, fell to 6-3 despite 21 points by Seimone Augustus.
The Lynx are 1-12 in their past 13 games against Sacramento and have not beaten the Monarchs at home since 2004.
The Monarchs hit four consecutive free throws and held off another Minnesota rally in the final 2 minutes to finish their road trip with a 3-0 mark. Ticha Penicheiro hit five free throws in the final 15.1 seconds for the Monarchs.
“We just stuck together the whole time. We never lost our composure,” Kelly said. “Our first road trip was the exact opposite. We went 0-3. So to turn it around and see how well we’re playing off of one another, we’re coming a long way.”
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