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The Los Angeles Sparks will be seeking their ninth consecutive victory when they visit the Connecticut Sun on Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.Los Angeles (19-1) sits atop the Western Conference with the WNBAs best record. The Sparks have won eight in a row since suffering a 72-69 loss to the then-unbeaten Minnesota Lynx, who are second in the Western Conference with a 17-4 record.Connecticut (6-14) is last in the Eastern Conference, nine games behind the first-place New York Liberty. The Sun have shown signs of improvement in recent weeks, winning three of their last four games.The Sparks are in the early stages of a nine-game road trip that will be broken up by a monthlong league shutdown for the Summer Olympics. They will not play another home game until Sept. 4.Los Angeles began the road trip with a 77-67 victory over the Chicago Sky on Wednesday. Nneka Ogwumike had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Kristi Toliver scored 13 points, Jantel Lavender had 12 points, and Candace Parker added 11 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.The Sparks shot 55 percent from the field and held the Sky to 39.2 percent shooting.Connecticut is coming off an 86-64 victory over the Indiana Fever on Wednesday. Chiney Ogwumike had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Sun. Alyssa Thomas had 14 points and seven rebounds.Connecticut lost six in a row and 12 of 13 while sliding to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings early in the season. The Sun have won three of four since then, beating the Dallas Wings, Minnesota and Indiana.Los Angeles is paced by Nneka Ogwumike, who leads the WNBA in field-goal percentage, shooting 71.2 percent from the field. She is seventh in scoring and fifth in rebounding, averaging 19.1 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.Toliver is third in 3-point shooting (.461) and teammate Essence Carson is fourth (.459).Alex Bentley leads Connecticut in scoring at 14.2 points per game. Jasmine Thomas is fourth in the WNBA in assists, averaging 4.8 per game. Cheap Custom Astros Jersey . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. Custom Astros T-shirts . In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves. http://www.customastrosjersey.com/ . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. 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She clocks in at 6 a.m. each day before school starts to work on her game.On Thursday, The Hoop was full of supporters eager to see where Westbrook, the class of 2017s No. 2 prospect, would call home. After an hourlong ceremony, Westbrook revealed she had picked Tennessee.A 6-foot guard, she joins a number of players from Oregon to pick Knoxville, including current Lady Vols Jordan Reynolds, Mercedes Russell and Jaime Nared.I felt it on my visit, Westbrook said. I honestly wasnt considering them too much. I went on my visit and instantly couldnt get Tennessee off my mind. From then, I felt in my heart that it was the right place to be.With the addition of Westbrook, Tennessee looks like a solid No. 2 in the class rankings behind UConn, which added No. 1 Megan Walker earlier Thursday night. In addition to Westbrook, the Lady Vols have commitments from No. 9 Anastasia Hayes and No. 55 Kasiyahna Kushkituah.Tennessee is believed to still be in the running for No. 10 Michaela Onyenwere and No. 12 Rennia Davis.During the ceremony, Westbrooks high school and club coaches told old stories about her. Her family even pulled up highlights from her early days playing basketball against the boys.The Westbrook family had custom T-shirts printed Thursday morning. Eva, her mother, said Evina decided on Tennessee on Monday morning. Coaches fromm the other finalists -- Oregon State, Notre Dame, Maryland and USC -- already knew Thursday that she would sign elsewhere.ddddddddddddCoaches from Tennessee, who didnt know about Westbrooks decision beforehand, watched her ceremony on a Facebook stream.Knoxville here I come, Eva said. I always told Evina from a young age that if she goes to Mars, thats where Ill go.We knew she wasnt going to stay close to home.Evina said seeing the gym full with teammates, family and friends made the day all the more special.Its an unbelievable feeling to have so many people come out and be here to support me, she said. It shows how much I mean to the community. It meant so much to me.Just after she announced, Westbrook kept it simple: Go Lady Volunteers.I think its a huge opportunity for her to step in and play right away, said Kelly Sopak, Westbrooks coach on the Cal Stars AAU team. The schools that she had narrowed it down to -- that was a big thing.Now Westbrook will turn her attention back to South Salem High School. The program is looking for its third consecutive state title, and Westbrook said she is ready for the challenge.Shes helped us put our school on the map, so to speak, with her individual success and our team success, South Salem coach Nick McWilliams said. 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