{"id":752775,"date":"2026-06-22T02:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752775\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T02:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:48:18","slug":"mystics-use-late-surge-to-beat-lynx-and-win-third-straight-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752775\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystics use late surge to beat Lynx and win third straight game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Sonia Citron had 21 points and Kiki Iriafen added 17, hitting a go-ahead basket late for a second straight game, to help the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/wnba\/teams\/washington-mystics\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"washington-mystics\" data-league=\"wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Mystics<\/a> beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/wnba\/teams\/minnesota-lynx\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"minnesota-lynx\" data-league=\"wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a> 84-79 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota rookie Olivia Miles had a three-point play to spark a 7-0 run for a 76-70 lead with 2:30 left to play.<\/p>\n<p>Washington rookie Cotie McMahon answered with a three-pointer and Iriafen followed with two straight baskets in a 12-0 run as the Mystics (8-7) took an 82-76 lead. Citron sank four free throws in the final six seconds to clinch a season-high third straight victory. McMahon had 15 points and five assists off the bench. Iriafen had a go-ahead basket in a win over the New York Liberty last time out.<\/p>\n<p>Miles, the No. 2 overall selection in this year&#8217;s draft, led the Lynx (13-4) with 22 points and Natasha Howard scored 20. Courtney Williams added 13 points and Kayla McBride scored 12.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota led 42-35 at halftime and 60-56 after three quarters. Citron buried a step-back three-pointer to start a fourth quarter that saw the Mystics outscore the Lynx 28-19.<\/p>\n<p>The Mystics are 7-1 when Citron takes 10 shots. She made 6 of 13 in the win.<\/p>\n<p>Washington hosts Minnesota on Wednesday in the second of two straight matchups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Sonia Citron had 21 points and Kiki Iriafen added 17, hitting a go-ahead basket late for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-752775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752775","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=752775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}