Ipso Sacto

The rather unfortunate slogan of the WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs is “Expect Great Basketball.” Or not. You can certainly anticipate it from the Monarchs’ full-tilt forward Nicole Powell, who was born in Sierra Vista and went on to play three All-America years at Stanford. But Powell, Sacto’s perennial scoring leader, is...
By Clay McNearJuly 9, 2009
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The rather unfortunate slogan of the WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs is “Expect Great Basketball.”

Or not.

You can certainly anticipate it from the Monarchs’ full-tilt forward Nicole Powell, who was born in Sierra Vista and went on to play three All-America years at Stanford. But Powell, Sacto’s perennial scoring leader, is about it for this down-and-out franchise, the bottom-feeder of the Western Conference.

Powell comes home to Arizona to take on the Merc at US Airways.

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