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Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Los Angeles faces Washington after Hamby's 26-point showing
Los Angeles Sparks (8-14, 3-10 Western Conference) at Washington Mystics (11-11, 6-5 Eastern Conference) Washington; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mystics -2.5; over/under is 167.5 BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles Sparks visits the Washington Mystics after Dearica Hamby scored 26 points in the Sparks' 99-80 win against the Washington Mystics. The Mystics have gone 7-3 at home. Washington ranks fifth in the WNBA with 35.5 rebounds led by Kiki Iriafen averaging 8.5. The Sparks have gone 5-6 away from home. Los Angeles leads the Western Conference with 38.8 points per game in the paint led by Hamby averaging 12.2. Washington averages 78.5 points per game, 8.4 fewer points than the 86.9 Los Angeles allows. Los Angeles averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.8 more makes per game than Washington gives up. The two teams match up for the second time this season. The Sparks defeated the Mystics 99-80 in their last meeting on July 16. Hamby led the Sparks with 26 points, and Shakira Austin led the Mystics with 16 points. TOP PERFORMERS: Brittney Sykes is averaging 17.1 points and 4.4 assists for the Mystics. Austin is averaging 16.5 points over the last 10 games. Hamby is averaging 17.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.9 steals for the Sparks. Kelsey Plum is averaging 17.1 points over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Mystics: 6-4, averaging 79.5 points, 34.5 rebounds, 19.1 assists, 6.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.3 points per game. Sparks: 4-6, averaging 83.0 points, 31.9 rebounds, 20.8 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 87.9 points. INJURIES: Mystics: Georgia Amoore: out for season (acl). Sparks: Cameron Brink: out (knee). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Los Angeles Times
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Sparks just keep going and going in win over Mystics
Dearica Hamby lined up for one of those last-second launches as the first-half clock dipped toward zero. The ball clanged off the front rim, appearing short — until backspin carried it to the back iron for a second bounce. With Julie Allemand holding her knees and Kelsey Plum already prancing away, the ball kissed the rim twice more. And, finally, after a two-second pause that held the whole arena hostage, the ball dropped. Hamby fell with it, her teammates swarming to lift her as Arena erupted for what was perhaps the Sparks' finest half of basketball of the season in a 99-80 stomping of the Washington Mystics. Hamby's arena-triggering triple capped a solo 10-point scoring spree and a 20-minute performance where the ball zipped across the hardwood, the defense suffocated and every Spark had their fingerprints on a rout of the WNBA's seventh-best team. By the end of the first half alone, Hamby had piled up 18. Plum chipped in 14. Jackson poured in nine and Stevens poured in eight. Facilitating it all, Allemand dealt eight assists. And — in what didn't reflect itself on the box score the way it did on the hardwood — the Energizer Bunny chimed in with four. Energizer Bunny? Coach Lynne Roberts awarded that label to Rae Burrell before Tuesday night's showdown, adding that 'she brings life and energy' to the squad. When Burrell picked off her first pass of the night, she orchestrated a play that would lead to Julie Vanloo finding a wide-open Sania Feagin in the paint, capping off a clinic in ball movement. When Burrell stole her second pass of the night, she took matters in her own hand, going coast to coast for an and-1 layup in the paint. And each time, it seemed as though everyone profited off the Bunny. Her contagious energy seemed to leak on to each of her teammates, who sliced through gaps on offense and brought out the clamps on defense to limit the Mystics (11-11) to just 12 points in the second quarter. In the process, Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen — the Mystics' rookie duo who will compete in the All-Star game this Saturday — were held to a combined two points. Meanwhile, Plum — the Sparks' All-Star — seemed to have a dress rehearsal Thursday night, tuning up her shot ahead of Friday's three-point contest and Saturday's All-Star Game. Plum opened the night on a tear — nine points on a perfect 4-for-4 start, including one from beyond the arc. With cutters carving up the defense and her bigs sealing space down low, she shifted gears into facilitator mode as well, racking up six assists by game's end. And this time, the Sparks (8-14) didn't let their scoring avalanche slip through, cruising into the All-Star break with a wire-to-wire double-digit buffer.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Eagle Scout builds lending library for Williamson County Animal Shelter
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Williamson County Eagle Scout has used his skills to help children learn to read by building a lending library. Eagle Scout Ben Hamby of Troop 13 built a lending library for the Williamson County Animal Center in Franklin. He said the lending library is meant to be a great way for kids to improve their reading skills and learn about the animals at the shelter. Hamby told News 2 that he wanted to do something that helps both children and animals, which is why he chose to do the project. Neighborhood News: Stories impacting your community | Read More 'It'll give them more options or a different variety of things to read to the animals,' Hamby said. 'Hopefully, this will help them to learn how to read — even if some kids don't feel comfortable yet around the animals.' WCAC Assistant Director Scott Pieper said he was thrilled Hamby came to him wanting to help the center. He said they tossed around a few ideas and landed on the lending library because it fits into the WCAC's mission to engage community members through education programs. 'It's exciting to be in a community where Ben and the younger generation are willing to support us,' Pieper told News 2. The shelter has added the library to their Book Buddies Reading Program, which provides a space children between 5 and 12 years old to practice their reading skills and learn about animals' body language. Children who want to participate and accompanying adults have to complete a class about basic animal behavior before the children are allowed to read to the animals. You can register for the program class . Do you have news happening in your neighborhood? Let us know by sending an email to neighborhoodnews@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Resolution honoring Pearl Hamby passed by Mercer County Commission
PRINCETON – A woman who contributed to her community on the local, state and national levels was honored this week when the Mercer County Commission passed a resolution recognizing her many achievements and dedication. "Although she was barely more than 5-feet tall, the late Pearl Hamby was a giant in the areas of public, family, community and national service," County Commission President Bill Archer said when he read the resolution into the official record. " Hamby, known to many people as Ms. Pearl, was born in Fayette County and was raised in the Lovern community of Mercer County, but she was a home in both West Virginia and Virginia, Archer said. "With a smile on her face, Pearl had a knack for making complex matters seem easy to address, and difficult problems disappear with a single smile from her beautiful face," Archer said. Hamby was an active member of the Mercer County Chapter of the NAACP along with many other civic organizations. She joined the staff of the West Virginia University Extension Agency around 30 years ago as a Green Thumb Worker. She later joined the WVU Extension Agency's Board of Directors and served for many years in that role until her passing, according to the resolution. "During that time, she developed close ties with Brenda Pruett and other WVU Extension Office personnel as well as the hundreds if not thousands of peoples' lives she served during her tenure," Archer said. Hamby became close friends with the extension agency's local staff as well as Magistrate Judge Omar Aboulhosn and his family. "Ms. Pearl never met a stranger and greeted everyone she ever met with a smile as broad as the Northern Lights and sincere as a newborn child," according to the resolution.
Los Angeles Times
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Rickea Jackson has career-high 30 points as Sparks get a Commissioner's Cup win over Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Rickea Jackson scored a career-high 30 points, Azura Stevens had 19 points and 10 rebounds in leading the Sparks to a 97-89 Commissioner's Cup win over the Aces in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. The Aces were without star center A'ja Wilson for the final 11 minutes of the game after she left with 1:17 left in the third quarter with an injury. She was accidentally hit in the face on Dearica Hamby's drive to the basket. Jackson went 11 of 17 from the field, including four of eight from three-point range, and four of five at the free-throw line to top her previous best of 25 points against Dallas last season. Hamby scored 19 points for the Sparks (4-7) to go with eight rebounds and seven assists. Kelsey Plum had 13 points and nine assists against her former team. Jackie Young tied her career high with 34 points and Chelsea Gray added 28 for Las Vegas (4-4), which has lost two straight games. Wilson was 2 of 12 from the field and 9 of 10 at the free-throw line to finish with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists in 28 minutes. Young scored 14 straight Las Vegas points in the second quarter. Hamby, Stevens and Jackson all scored in double figures in the first half to help the Sparks build a 50-41 lead.
