{"id":657821,"date":"2026-05-09T08:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657821\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:43:14","slug":"austins-free-throws-lifts-mystics-past-tempo-68-65-in-torontos-regular-season-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/657821\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin\u2019s free throws lifts Mystics past Tempo 68-65 in Toronto\u2019s regular-season debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778316194_978_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Tempo&#8217;s Brittney Sykes (20) shoots over Washington Mystics&#8217; Shakira Austin (0) during first half WNBA basketball action in Toronto on Friday, May 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMay 8, 2026 | 8:08 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Shakira Austin sank a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left to play as the Washinton Mystics spoiled the Toronto Tempo\u2019s WNBA debut with a 68-65 victory on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Austin was then fouled again, making two more free throws with 10 seconds to go to clinch the Mystics win.<\/p>\n<p>Austin and Kiki Iriafen each had a double-double for Washington (1-0) in the season opener for both teams.  Austin had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Iriafen had 12 points and 16 boards.<\/p>\n<p>Marina Mabrey led all scorers with 27 points and pulled down seven boards for the expansion Tempo (0-1).   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Tempo&#8217;s Brittney Sykes (20) shoots over Washington Mystics&#8217; Shakira Austin (0) during first half WNBA basketball action&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-657821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}