LOS ANGELES, June 15 (Ticker) -- Tamika Whitmore was the best in a long line of hot shooters for the Los Angeles Sparks.

Whitmore scored 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting as the Sparks established a franchise record for field-goal percentage in an 83-64 rout of the Houston Comets.

Los Angeles (5-4) shot 36-of-55 (65.5 percent) and made 6-of-11 3-pointers in a game it never trailed. The club broke its previous mark for shooting, established in 2000 against New York when it shot 60.7 percent.

Whitmore had eight points in the first half, which the Sparks finished on a 9-0 run for a 46-28 lead.

Chamique Holdsclaw added 17 points and Lisa Leslie had 14 for Los Angeles. Leslie committed her fifth foul early in the second half but saw her team expand its lead to as many as 23 in her absence.

Michelle Snow and Sancho Lyttle scored 13 points apiece for the Comets (4-5), who shot just 37.7 percent (23-of-61) and were outrebounded, 32-18.