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Portland blocks Sol in 74-72 overtime loss.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| June 29, 2001 | Silvera, Marissa | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MIAMI _ Sol point guard Debbie Black wore the emotion of Miami's fourth consecutive loss and second in overtime on her face.

Her crystalline eyes, reddened and moistened when she tried to discuss Miami's 74-72 overtime loss to Portland on Friday afternoon in front of a crowd of 14,005 (mostly youth day campers) at AmericanAirlines Arena.

``It's tough. I'm struggling for words,'' she said, choking back tears as she sat in an empty locker room. ``We are pretty down. Everyone is sick of it. We are sick of coming close. We are sick of good effort. We need the W. We need an ugly win. I don't care what kind of win we have. We just need to win. Everyone is prepared …

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