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UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Angel McCoughtry tied her career high with four 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, and Sancho Lyttle scored 17 and grabbed 14 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream hold off the Connecticut Sun 67-63 Sunday.Elizabeth Williams, acquired from the Sun in February, added 10 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots for the Dream (11-9).McCoughtry hit a 3 to give Atlanta a 64-61 lead with 2:03 left, then had two blocked shots down the stretch. After Alex Bentleys layup pulled Connecticut within one, Lyttles offensive rebound and putback with 20 seconds remaining sealed it.Atlanta, ranked ninth in the AP WNBA power poll, led by as many as 15 points, but scored just 10 points in the third quarter. Chiney Ogwumikes layup with 5:35 to play gave the Sun their first lead, 59-58.The Dream outrebounded Connecticut 41-24, 14-5 on the offensive glass.Alyssa Thomas led the 11th-ranked Sun with 19 points. Ogwumike added 11 points, three steals and three blocks.Atlanta has won three in a row after losing six straight.Swell Bottiglia . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. Swell Bottiglie . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. http://www.swellbottiglie.it/ . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. Swell Italia Offerte . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. The candidates -- all previously announced in their own countries -- are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm. Swell Offered Italia .Y. -- Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament.Coach Tony Popovic admits Western Sydney are not in an ideal position on the table more than a third of the way through the A-League season, but insists theres no need to panic just yet.The Wanderers slumped to a 3-0 loss to Melbourne Victory at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night which, apart from Besart Berishas hat-trick, again highlighted the final-third issues and individual mistakes that continue to foil this campaign.After 10 rounds, some promising displays have delivered an undesirable two wins, five draws and three losses.They are now sixth and are at serious risk of being leap-frogged by Wellington, especially if the Phoenix win their game-in-hand against Victory in January.Of the teams 13 goals, five belong to super-sub Brendon Santalab, who was uncharacteristically wasteful against Victory and could have had his own hat-trick before halftime.That striker Kerem Bulut was yet again left out of the matchday squad in favour of inexperienced 19-year-old Lachlan Scott casts further doubt over his future at the club and only increases Popovics urgent need for a consistent centre-forward.Goalkeeping issues were also revisited, with drropped No.dddddddddddd1 Andrew Redmayne recalled to fill in for suspended second choice Jerrad Tyson and using his return to lay Berishas first goal on a platter.Theres not a lot wrong, but obviously were in a position (thats) not where we want to be and weve got to get better, Popovic said.Im not sure anyone has created that many chances in one football match against Melbourne Victory - clear-cut from six yards out - I doubt thats been seen by them for a while.But in the end we didnt take them, so next step is that those clear chances go in.The midfield is the Wanderers strength and again the bright spark was Argentine playmaker Nicolas Martinez, whose intelligence and deft touch showed more signs that with added fitness he could become the leagues biggest foreign star.Im much happier that were playing well every week, and if that continues Im sure well finish in a very good place at the end of the season, Popovic said.If the performances change, theres no chance of being there at the end when it counts. ' ' '