Thursday's WNBA Capsules

SEATTLE (AP) - Camille Little scored a season-high 19 points, and the Seattle Storm led from the start in a 77-63 win over Tulsa on Thursday night, handing the Shock their 16th straight loss.

Tanisha Wright added 11 points to help the Storm (13-10) snap a two-game skid and improve to 9-1 at home.Seattle has won 26 of its last 27 regular-season home games dating back to last season.

Six-foot-eight rookie center Liz Cambage had a career-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, reaching double figures in scoring for the 16th time in 21 games, to lead the Shock (1-21). Tiffany Jackson scored 14 points and Andrea Riley added 10.

Tulsa moved one away from the league record for consecutive losses. The Atlanta Dream lost their first 17 games in 2008 during their inaugural season. The Shock's only victory this season was June 18 at home against Washington.

Mercury 109, Dream 95

PHOENIX (AP) - DeWanna Bonner had a career-high 25 points and 13 rebounds to help Phoenix hold off Atlanta.

Candice Dupree had 22 points and Diana Taurasi scored 21 to help Phoenix (13-9) win its second straight after losing five of six. Dupree also had six rebounds and Taurasi added five assists.

Angel McCoughtry, second in the WNBA in scoring behind Taurasi, had 25 points, five rebounds and three assists to lead Atlanta (10-12), which lost for just the third time in 10 games.

Phoenix scored six consecutive points to pull away midway through the final period after Atlanta got to 90-84 with 6:46 left. The Dream had trailed by 21 in the first half and 14 in the third quarter.

Silver Stars 72, Sun 59

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Becky Hammon scored 18 points and Sophia Young added 15 to lead San Antonio.

Danielle Robinson and Jia Perkins added 12 points apiece for the Silver Stars (13-9), who led comfortably for most of the game. San Antonio, which shot 50 percent (30 for 60) from the field, had lost four of its previous five.

Asjha Jones had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Tan White scored 11 points and Kara Lawson had 10 for Connecticut (14-8), which didn't get closer than 13 in the second half. The Sun shot 35 percent (22 for 63).

Hammon, who shot 7 for 11, scored 15 points in the first half. Her 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining in the second quarter gave San Antonio a 40-23 lead at the break.

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