Monday, September 5, 2011

Pierson calls Liberty loss 'terrible'

Photo credit: AP | New York Liberty guard Leilani Mitchell dribbles around a screen against the Minnesota Lynx in the second half of a WNBA basketball game on Friday in Minneapolis . Mitchell scored the highest points with 24, leading the team to win 78-62. (Sept. 2, 2011)

NEWARK -- Plenette Pierson called it as she saw it, and what she saw was not pretty as the Liberty lost to the Minnesota Lynx, 86-68, Sunday afternoon at the Prudential Center.

"That was a terrible game," said Pierson, who had 17 points and eight rebounds in the Liberty's second-worst loss of the season.

Minnesota (25-7) took an early lead behind 11 first-quarter points from former UConn...

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