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WNBA: Phoenix Mercury and Brittney Griner Face Western Conference Foe San Antonio in Midweek Battle

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WNBA: Phoenix Mercury and Brittney Griner Face Western Conference Foe San Antonio in Midweek Battle

Rachel Margolis Siegal June 24, 2013

Western Conference foes the Phoenix Mercury and San Antonio Silver Stars will battle Tuesday, June 25, at 8 p.m. on ESPN2. Both teams are coming off cross-divisional wins and look to move up the Western Conference standings. Play-by-play commentator Pam Ward and analyst Carolyn Peck will have the call of the game.

Veteran Diana Taurasi leads Phoenix, averaging 24.6 points per game, while rookie Brittney Griner is slowly working her way into the lineup after battling injury. She has averaged 23.7 minutes over the last three games. In her first season as a Silver Star, Danielle Robinson leads the team, averaging 6.1 assists per game and tied for the team lead with 12.4 points per game.

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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.