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Sky beat Sun 107-101 in double overtime

Epiphanny Prince scored 10 of her 25 points in the second overtime, and Sylvia Fowles added 24 points and 12 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 107-101 on Thursday night.

Prince hit a 3-pointer and made seven of eight free throws in the final overtime.

Tamera Young had 20 points, Michelle Snow finished with 17 rebounds and 12 points, and Courtney Vandersloot had 14 points and 10 assists for Chicago. The Sky snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 4-3.

Renee Montgomery led Connecticut (4-2) with 33 points, matching her career high, and had six assists. Tina Charles added 22 points and 13 rebounds. The loss snapped the Sun's winning streak at three.

There were six ties and nine lead changes in the fourth quarter. Chicago took an 84-81 lead on Fowles' putback with 9 seconds left, but Montgomery hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to force overtime.

Montgomery made another 3-pointer to make it 91-90 in the first overtime. After Kara Lawson's free throw made it 92-90 with 6.9 seconds left, Fowles hit a turnaround jumper off an inbound feed to tie it.

The Sky were without veteran guard Dominique Canty. She had arthroscopic surgery on her left knee Thursday and is expected to be out three weeks.