From Swish Appeal: Shock bench brings first home win to Tulsa, 79074
The Tulsa Shock can wipe another item off the ‘to do’ list after grabbing a home win from a former rival and 2009 eastern conference champion Indiana Fever.
The 79-74 game was a hard-played, hard-faught, down to the final seconds battle to get Tulsa their first win in their new digs at the BOK Center.
“When you have a team like we have – a young bunch – eventually there’s gonna be some winning take place,” head coach Nolan Richardson said of the new achievement. “They’ve played too many teams so close . . . but tonight we were able to finish.”
One of the most impressive things about the finish for the Shock is the fact that the bench outscored the starting five by a tally of 43-36. Great, right? That impressive statistic shines just a bit brighter when you realize that the bench was shorthanded due to the recent trade of Shavonte Zellous for a 2011 2nd round draft pick. And that same statistic of bench scoring begins to outright sparkle as you see the points were from just three women – Amber Holt, Natasha Lacy and Plenette Pierson.
To read more from these role players and their coach from after the win, click here.
