Sims scores 27, Shock clinch West's third seed

Odyssey Sims had 27 points and seven rebounds, and the Tulsa Shock beat the San Antonio Stars 74-64 on Tuesday night

September 9, 2015 at 4:34AM
Tulsa Shock guard Odyssey Sims (0)
Tulsa Shock guard Odyssey Sims (0) drives past New York Liberty center Tina Charles (31) during the second half of WNBA basketball game, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 at Madison Square Garden in New York. .(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Brian Stensaas — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Odyssey Sims had 27 points and seven rebounds, and the Tulsa Shock beat the San Antonio Stars 74-64 on Tuesday night to clinch the Western Conference's third seed.

Tulsa trailed 51-49 after three quarters but Tiffany Jackson-Jones' three-point play, followed by Theresa Plaisance's 3-pointer gave the Shock a 55-51 lead. San Antonio only made one field goal in the first 5 minutes of the fourth and Sims' layup with 4:20 remaining gave Tulsa a 10-point lead.

Sims was 11 of 23 from the field and 5 of 7 on free throws for Tulsa (17-15), which has won seven of its last eight.

Jia Perkins scored 24 points for San Antonio (7-26). The Stars have lost 10 in a row and 14 of 15.

San Antonio is 0-16 on the road and closes its season at Seattle on Sunday. The 1998 Washington Mystics are the only team in league history to go winless away from home.

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