NEW YORK (AP) Chamique Holdsclaw scored 22 points and Coco Miller added 16 as the Washington Mystics beat the New York Liberty 65-54 on Thursday night to snap a seven-game losing streak.

The Mystics (16-13) moved a game behind the first-place Liberty (17-12) in the Eastern Conference standings, with the teams set to meet again Friday night in Washington.

New York's Tari Phillips scored 14 of her 22 points in the first half. The Liberty shot 37 percent from the field.

Monarchs 82, Miracle 72

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Kedra Holland-Corn scored 20 points and Yolando Griffith added 18 as Sacramento beat Orlando.

Wendy Palmer led Orlando with 17 points as the Miracle dropped a half-game behind Indiana with three game left in the race for the fourth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot.

Fourth-place Indiana, which beat Orlando on Wednesday night, holds the tiebreaker over the Miracle.

Sacramento, which won for the ninth time in eleven games to improve to 12-17, is out of the Western Conference playoff race.

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