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Connecticut Sun's Lindsay Whalen, right, is guarded by Washington Mystics' Crystal Langhorne during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn., on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Coleman leads Mystics over Sun

Updated: Saturday, 06 Jun 2009, 9:22 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 06 Jun 2009, 9:22 PM EDT

    Uncasville (AP) - Rookie Marissa Coleman scored 16 points and the Washington Mystics beat the Connecticut Sun 82-70 on Saturday in the season opener.

    Monique Currie scored 14 points, Lindsey Harding added 12, and Nakia Sanford had 11 for the Mystics, who also outrebounded Connecticut 44-26.

    Coleman was 6-for-9 from the field and made all four of her 3-pointers.

    Asjha Jones led Connecticut with 22 points. Lindsay Whalen had 21 and Kiesha Brown had 10.

    Washington built a 17-point lead before seeing it cut to six by the start of the fourth quarter. The Mystics scored the first six points of the final period to put the game away.

    The Sun, who missed 25 of their first 34 shots, shot 36 percent for the game.
     

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