Charlotte, N.C. ? Allison Feaster scored a career-high 24 points and made a team-record six 3-pointers as the Charlotte Sting beat the Cleveland Rockers 78-67 on Saturday night.

Feaster’s fifth 3-pointer with 9:32 tied it at 57, and her record-breaking shot gave the Sting (9-7) the lead for good with 7:22 left.

Cleveland head coach Dan Hughes, reacts after picking up his second technical foul and being ejected during a game against Charlotte. The Rockers lost, 78-67, Saturday in Charlotte, N.C.

“My role is to distribute the ball and hit the open shots,” Feaster said. “I have such good teammates that other teams focus on them and that frees me up a lot.”

Tammy Sutton-Brown added 18 points and eight rebounds, and Kelly Miller scored 14 as the Sting shot 11-of-24 from 3-point range to win for the sixth time in eight games.

Merlakia Jones scored 17 points and Ann Wauters 16 for the Rockers (6-10), who lost their fourth straight game despite shooting 52 percent.

The Sting built a 10-point lead early in the second half before the Rockers went on an 18-3 run.

Mery Andrade’s two free throws with 14:11 left gave Cleveland its largest lead at 47-42.

“As in the case of the past few games, we couldn’t hold them off,” Rockers forward Penny Taylor said. “Between nine and seven minutes left, we seem to lose our intensity.”

The Rockers played most of the game without coach Dan Hughes, who was ejected with 6:22 left in the first half after arguing an offensive foul call against Tracy Henderson.

“I was floored that it happened that quickly, absolutely floored,” Hughes said. “I wasn’t even close to her. All I said was, ‘Give us the same thing on the other end.”‘

Assistant Lisa Boyer replaced Hughes, last season’s WNBA coach of the year.

Dawn Staley missed both technical free throws, but Feaster hit a 3-pointer on the next possession to give Charlotte a 26-19 lead. The Sting led by eight at halftime.

Comets 61, Shock 40

Houston Tina Thompson scored 19 points to lead the Comets to their ninth straight win. Thompson shot 7-for-18 from the floor and added a team-high nine rebounds as Houston (14-3) extended its home winning streak to seven games.

The Comets haven’t lost since June 13 at Washington, and haven’t been beaten at home since an opening day loss to the defending WNBA champion Los Angeles Sparks.

Astou Ndiaye-Diatta had 12 points to lead the Shock (1-15), who scored a WNBA-record low eight first-half points and lost for the second time in a row after recording their first win of the season on June 30 against Sacramento.

Houston led 18-8 at halftime as the teams set a league record for fewest combined points in a half.

Detroit shot just 26 percent from the floor, making 15-of-58 shots from the floor, to remain winless on the road at 0-10.

In the first nine minutes of the game, each team shot just 2-of-10 from the floor while combining for 13 turnovers. After Detroit tied it at 8-8 with 7:39 left in the first, Houston went on a 10-0 run to close out the half. The Shock shot 3-for-23 from the floor in the first half and committed 14 turnovers.

Fever 50, Mystics 45

Indianapolis Tamika Catchings made five 3-pointers and finished with 18 points as Indiana beat Washington 50-45 on Saturday night.

Nikki McCray added 13 points against her former team as the Fever (7-9) opened a WNBA-record eight-game homestand.

Washington (12-5) was playing its third consecutive game without injured Chamique Holdsclaw, the league’s leading scorer and rebounder, and the Mystics shot a season-low 34 percent from the field.

Indiana was even worse at 32 percent but McCray put the game out of reach with two free throws for a 49-45 lead with 26.9 seconds remaining.

Stacey Dales-Schuman led the Mystics with 13 points, and Annie Burgess was the only other player in double figures for Washington with 10.

Miracle 72, Mercury 70

Orlando, Fla. Shannon Johnson made one free throw with 3.2 seconds left and added another with less than a second left.

Katie Douglas led the Miracle (9-6) with 19 points and made the key steal that led to Johnson’s winning free throw.

Gordana Grubin had 23 points and Jennifer Gillom added 21 for the Mercury (7-8), who dropped to 0-6 on the road this season and have lost 12 in a row away from home.