The Liberty held former Oklahoma State University standout Toni Young out of action for her second straight game.
"She's a young player that's learning," Liberty coach Bill Laimbeer said.
"We knew it was gonna be a work in process transferring her from a (power forward) to a (small forward). She's making progress, but she hasn't gotten to the point where she needs to be in a game that you have to win," Laimbeer said.
Young, an All-Big 12 performer for the Cowgirls last season, went seventh overall in the 2013 WNBA draft. She's averaging 3.6 points and 1.8 rebounds in her first pro season.
Crying foul: Shock forward Glory Johnson disagreed with the flagrant foul called against her in the final minute that enabled the Liberty to score five points in 7.8 seconds.
Johnson rebounded a teammate's miss and admitted making contact with the Liberty's DeLisha Milton-Jones "with both forearms" as she raised the ball over her head to pass it out to the Shock's Candice Wiggins.
"It was on the pass, (Milton-Jones) was just there," Johnson said. "I think the flagrant (rule) should be reviewed, and I didn't throw an elbow."
Officials reviewed the play on video to confirm the call with 43.1 seconds left. Milton-Jones made both foul shots and Cappie Pondexter's 3-pointer tied the game, but Courtney Paris' layup and foul shot put Tulsa ahead to stay.
Off the bench: Paris, the former University of Oklahoma standout, had 10 points and 13 rebounds in place of 6-foot-8 Liz Cambage, who missed her second straight game with an injured ankle.
Paris' rebound total was a season high for the second straight game. She had seven points and 11 rebounds in Friday's loss to San Antonio.
"I'm playing behind one of the best centers in the world (Cambage), and when she got hurt, (coach Gary Kloppenburg) said, 'Just try to make the best of this opportunity and help the team finish strong,' " Paris said.
Tulsa also played its second straight game without rookie point guard Angel Goodrich, who was spitting up blood and complaining of headaches before Friday's game.
Kloppenburg said she was held out of Sunday's game as a precautionary measure and he did not think the situation was serious.
Shooting for dough: Megan Kale-Cheever of Fort Smith, Ark., made a layup, free throw and 3-pointer to claim $175 in Bank of Oklahoma's Bank Shot promotion.
Kale-Cheever, who played high school basketball at Fort Smith Northside, said she attended Stanford University, living for a time in the same dorm as current Shock forward Nicole Powell.
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Basketball Australia manager Tamara Sheppard was in town to meet with Shock officials Thursday and discuss the responsibilities of Australian national players in international competition the next three years.
