Women's Hoops Blog

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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

The streak is over and the Lynx finally have their first win of the season. The marathon Tennesse-Arizona softball game may have kept fans from watching most of the first half of the game on ESPN 2, but the network did re-air most of the game later in the night.

Coming into the game against the Mercury, the Lynx had only led for 16:36 minutes of a possible 280. A big reason was their poor FG percentage, which was significantly better last night. And for the first time all year, it was the entire starting line-up who hit big shots. In fact, the MN starting line-up scored all of the team's points.

While the Lynx led by as many as 18, the Merc made it interesting at the end as they cut the lead to one possession in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, it was not enough to overcome their flat first half.