Sky scouting report

Posted June 08, 2012 10:00 am

By Patricia Babcock McGraw

Tulsa Shock (0-6) at Chicago Sky (4-1)

When: 7:30 p.m., tonight

Where: Allstate Arena

TV: Comcast CN100

Last time: On Sunday, the visiting Shock lost to the Phoenix Mercury, 79-72; on Saturday, the visiting Sky defeated the Atlanta Dream, 94-92.

Skinny: The Sky is still flying high after one of the most spectacular stretches in team history. Epiphanny Prince, deservingly named the Eastern Conference player of the week, willed the Sky to a pair of two-point victories on back-to-back nights last weekend. She scored 16 of her career-high 31 points in the fourth quarter, including a couple of clutch 3-pointers, to help the Sky get a 65-63 win over Washington on Friday. Then, she scored 33 points the next night in Atlanta, including a running 3-pointer as time expired, to give the Sky a 94-92 victory there. Prince (23.8 ppg) has now surpassed center Sylvia Fowles (21.2 ppg) as the Sky's leading scorer. She also ranks first in the entire league…If Prince and the rest of her teammates stay hot, the Sky could put together a nice winning streak. The Shock is winless while the next two opponents, the New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm are 2-5 and 1-5 respectively…The one area where Tulsa is tough is with steals. The Shock leads the league with 11.3 steals per game.

Next: Sky at New York Liberty, 3 p.m. Sunday

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