(Double G Media, LLC – Tina Charles) Tina Charles saved her best performance as a Liberty, when the team needed it the most. Tina Charles scored a career-high 36 points, 11 of which came in the 4th quarter, as the New York Liberty (3-3) held off the Dallas Wings (3-3) 93-89 on Friday night at The Garden. Charles didn’t come out taking every shot the way she did Tuesday night against the Sparks. The result seemed to be a more energetic Charles into the fourth quarter. A three-pointer she sank with less than three minutes to go gave her the career high mark. That she had the legs for it spoke volumes about how judiciously the Liberty used her. “She’s got a lot of quality games under her belt,” Liberty Head coach Bill Laimbeer said, “It was a win we needed and she willed us down the stretch and made some really big baskets. But that’s her job.” The Well Balance Attack Of The New York Liberty New York (3-3) was missing Epiphanny Prince and Kia Vaughn, who are both playing in the EuroBasket tournament this month. That didn’t stop the short handed Liberty from spreading the wealth around. Shavonte Zellous posted her first 20-point game as a member of the Liberty, finishing with 27 points, the most since she posted a career-high 33 on June 25, 2014. In all, the Liberty had 4 players score in double figures. Kiah Stokes set a new career-high of 15 rebounds to go along with 13 points. Bria Hartley nailed a pair of 3-pointers to finish with 10 points. The Wings Allisha Gray, May’s Rookie of the Month, put up a strong fight, bringing the fire and attacking at-will. She was the third highest scorer on her team with 15 points on the board. Dallas stayed on the attack with Skylar Diggins-Smith and Theresa Plaisance putting up 19 and 18 points, respectively. Liberty Were In a Dog Fight To The End It was a nail-biter through the final buzzer, with the Liberty up most of the fourth quarter and the Wings trailing not far behind. New York made critical shots to put them up by four in the final seconds of the game. “If we lost this game,” Laimbeer said, “especially in the end when we had the game won, that would have been a heart- stopping moment. We would have to dig deep to get out of that one.” All around it was a good team effort as defense once again took center stage with New York out rebounding Dallas 43-18 and holding the Wings to 41 percent shooting. The Liberty finished the game shooting at 50 percent and spread the ball around, with 20 assists as a team. The Liberty returns to action on Sunday, June 4, when it hosts the Phoenix Mercury at Madison Square Garden at 3 PM. Post Views: 1,354 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Jason Cordner Latest posts by Jason Cordner (see all) Lebron James Leaves Coca-Cola To Sign With Pepsi - March 22, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season - March 16, 2021 Nike Partners with National Urban League to Promote Employment and Home Ownership for the Black Community - March 15, 2021 Rob Gronkowski Gets In On NFT Collection Movement, Becomes First Athlete To Do So - March 10, 2021 Related TopicsNew York Libertytina charlesWNBA Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. More in Basketball You Know I’m Right, Episode 111: New York Giants’ Insider John Schmeelk (Audio/Video) On the 111th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 97: SNY’s Michelle Margaux (Audio/Video) On the 97th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined SNY’s... WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season The WNBA’s 25th season also marks the debut of the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup. St. Lucie Mets Send Five to FSL South All-Star Team Photo of the Month Contest – May 2017