The Silver Stars started strong and led by as many as 22 before downing the Lynx 80-73.

Sophia Young scored a career high 24 points and Becky Hammon added 18 for SASS. Brian Agler served as head coach against his former team as Dan Hughes continues to recover from surgery on his Achilles Tendon.

The Silver Stars were playing their first game after a week off and were determined to get off to a great start. "That was just a good old fashioned butt-whoopin." Lynx coach Don Zierden said. "Seven points doesn't really tell you what the game was all about. They played much harder than we did right out of the gate."