Wiggins scores 19 in Lynx's 92-78 win over Shock
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Candice Wiggins scored 19 points to lead the Minnesota Lynx in 92-78 win over the Tulsa Shock on Saturday night, completing a sweep of the team's home-and-home series.
Lindsay Whalen had 17 points and six assists, Seimone Augustus scored 16 points and Rebekkah Brunson added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Lynx (4-9). Minnesota won the teams' season series 3-2, including a 78-67 win at home on Friday night.
The Lynx shot 51 percent from the field, including 12 for 19 (63 percent) on 3-pointers, and finished with 21 assists and 12 steals. The Shock had 21 turnovers.
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Scholanda Robinson scored 14 points, Alexis Hornbuckle had 12 and Natasha Lacy and Kara Braxton added 10 each for Tulsa (3-8), which lost its fifth straight. The Shock are winless since beating the Lynx 92-79 on June 4 in their previous home.
Former world-class sprinter Marion Jones tied a season high with four points in 10-plus minutes for Tulsa after going scoreless in 1 minute Friday night at Minnesota.
Charde Houston started a 10-2 run for the Lynx in the final minute of the second quarter and Brunson capped it with a layup to stretch Minnesota's lead to 55-42 with about 6½ minutes left in the third.
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Shanna Crossley followed with a 3-pointer for the Shock, but the Lynx scored the next seven points to increase the advantage to 17 on Hamchetou Maiga-Ba's layup with 4:22 to go in the quarter.
Crossley had consecutive baskets and Braxton had a layup to pull Tulsa to 67-57 with 1:15 left in the third, but got no closer. Wiggins made two 3s in an 10-1 run that stretched the Lynx's lead to 85-66 with 3:41 to go in the fourth.