The Lynx Weather The Storm – Minnesota Over Seattle 74 – 69

The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Seattle Storm 74-69 at the Target Center on Sunday night to split a home and home series.

The short handed Lynx played without the teams second leading scorer (17 ppg) Seimone Augustus due to her on going battle with bursitis in her left leg.

Maya Moore had a solid game but not a Maya Moore Type of game by all means. She finished with 14 points 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Devereaux Peters had 12 points 7 rebounds, Lindsay Whalen had 10 points 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

But the star of the game was Janel McCarville. The hometown Center stepped up in a huge way scoring a game and season high 22 points hitting on 9 of her 16 shots from the field.

Sue Bird led the way for Seattle with 21 points and 7 assissts. Jenna O'Hea added 14 points for Seattle. Seattle had a great chance to take the lead with 22 seconds left but Seattle's Angel Robinson missed a wide opeb, point blank lay up to seal the game for the Minnesota Lynx.

Seattle Storm legendary Point Guard Sue Bird became the 2nd player in WNBA history to record 4,000 points, 2,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds in her career.

Contributed by Tommy Williams Photography