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Sports Briefing | Pro Basketball: Liberty Down Hapless Sparks

Sugar Rodgers scored a career-high 23 points, and the Liberty ended a two-game home losing streak with a 79-70 victory over the winless Los Angeles Sparks.

Tina Charles added 16 points to help the Liberty (5-4) overcome a career-high 30 points from the Sparks’ Kristi Toliver, making her W.N.B.A. season debut after returning from EuroBasket.

Nneka Ogwumike had 13 points and a season-high 16 rebounds for her first double-double this season for Los Angeles (0-7), down to eight players after Andrea Hoover injured her left foot in a game Friday night.