Dupree scores 28, but Sky falls 79-65

HOUSTON - Tina Thompson scored 16 points and Roneeka Hodges added 15 for the Houston Comets, who beat the Chicago Sky 79-65 Saturday night to complete a sweep of a five-game homestand.

The Sky's Candice Dupree made 9 of her 15 shots and finished with a season-high tying 28 points. Leading scorer Jia Perkins added 15 points for Chicago (8-17), which has lost seven straight on the road.

The Sky, who beat Houston twice in 2007, have not won away from home since July 1 at Minnesota.

Chicago cut into the Comets' game-high, 15-point lead, and Dupree made a pair of free throws to make it 48-41 with 4:41 left in the third period.

But Ajavon paced the Comets with 4 points in a 6-2 Houston run to push the lead back to 11 with 1:56 remaining.