Courtney Williams’ second-half rise raises Lynx over Storm 91-87
SEATTLE (AP)– Courtney Williams scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half, Jessica Shepard included 13 points and 13 rebounds and Kayla McBride made 6 of 6 from the free-throw line in the last 30 seconds to assist the Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 91-87 on Tuesday night.DiJonai Carrington
— who was gotten from Dallas on Sunday in exchange for Diamond Miller, Karlie Samuelson and a 2027 second-round pick– made her launching for the Lynx and scored 13 points.Advertisement McBride ended up with 14 points and Bridget Carleton scored
12 on 4 second-half 3-pointers. Nneka Ogwumike led the Storm with 23 points. Ogwumike moved previous Lauren Jackson and DeWanna Bonner
into seventh in WNBA history with 140 career games scoring a minimum of 20 points.Erica Wheeler scored 19 points, Dominique Malonga included 12 and Skylar Diggins 11 for Seattle.Gabby Williams had nine points and 3 steals and broke Seattle’s single-season steals records with 77 this season. Natasha Howard set the previous mark when she led the WNBA with 74 takes in 2019. The Lynx (25-5 )have actually won seven of eight.Advertisement Napheesa Collier(best ankle )did not bet the Lynx. Collier, a minus-1000 preferred to win WNBA MVP at BetMGM Sportsbook, left late in Minnesota
‘s 111-58 win over Las Vegas on Saturday.Seattle’s Tiffany Mitchell
fell awkwardly
on a layup effort that was obstructed by Carrington early in the 4th quarter. She left the game and did not return.Seattle(16-14) has actually lost 3 in a row and four of five.Seattle traded Alysha Clark, Zia Cooke and a 2026 first-round choice to Washington earlier Tuesday in exchange for All-Star Brittney Sykes– a four-time all-defensive team choice who is balancing 15.4 points, 4.4 helps and 1.2 takes this season.The Lynx host the Mystics on Friday and Seattle plays the Aces in Las Vegas.
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