Fever Fall to Valkyries -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 HINES-ALLEN DNP IN INDIANA LOSS TO GOLDEN STATE

It was a tough loss in more ways than one for the Fever's Myisha Hines Allen last night.

She is grieving the loss of her grandmother and losing to one of the top teams in the WNBA on her home court did help her mental state in addition. Hines-Allen was given an excused absence from the squad to attend her grandmother's funeral.  

Head Fever coach Stephanie White hd this to say about the star's persona tragedy:

Stephanie White said that Hines-Allen did not play because she was dealing with a family situation. White wanted her to have a couple of days to herself to deal with the loss. 

Hines-Allen has been a key rotational piece for the Fever this season. She is averaging 4.2 points a game and 3.2 rebounds in about 15 minutes a game. She is a key part of the Fever defense. 

Indiana was in front of a home crowd in their most recent loss to Golden State. The visiting Valkyries are in their second year of existence and are one of the top teams in the league at 18-7, one game behind league-leading Minnesota in the Western division. They have been on a arduous seven-game road  trip and are finally headed back home to California. The Fever are 14-10 on the season and tied for first place in the Eastern division with the Atlanta Dream

(Does anyone  remember the Grateful Dead's song about California? It is sampled below) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuev-dzohTk

We. at Cardinal couple extend out sympathies to the Hines-Allen family and Myisha over the loss of their Grandmother. 

I never knew either of my Grandmother's...and just one of my Grandfather's...but understand the importance of/them in many families.  

paulie