Women's Hoops Blog

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Pee Wee Johnson had a season best night and Seimone Augustus had the worst night of her young career as the Silver Stars won for the first time at home this season in a 90-60 rout over the Lynx.

Johnson scored twice as many points as the whole Lynx team in the first quarter and Minnesota never recovered. The Lynx were dominated in nearly every category, but the most glaring differences in the game were rebounding and field goal percentage. SASS outrebounded the Lynx 56-39 and hit 42% of their shots, compared to 29% for the Lynx.

Nearly half of the 32 first quarter points scored by SASS came on fast breaks. "That killed us," Minnesota coach Suzie McConnell Serio said. "They had strong energy and beat us down the court time and time again."

Augustus, who was not feeling well from eating too close to game time, only connected on 2 of her 14 shots and finished in single digits in a game for the first time in over 100 games.