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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Kiki Iriafen<\/a> had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Shakira Austin<\/a> added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and the Washington Mystics<\/a> beat the short-handed Toronto Tempo<\/a> 93-82 on Wednesday night for their eighth straight home victory.<\/p>\n Austin secured her 16th double-double of the season and Iriafen notched her 15th as Washington outrebounded Toronto 43-27. Iriafen shot 8 of 12 from the field. <\/p>\n Michaela Onyenwere<\/a> scored 14 points and made four 3-pointers for Washington (21-14). Sonia Citron<\/a> had 13 points and six assists. The Mystics scored 38 points in the paint, nearly missing their 12th straight game with 40-plus.<\/p>\n With the Tempo’s top three scorers \u2014 Marina Mabrey<\/a>, Brittney Sykes<\/a> and Nyara Sabally<\/a> \u2014 sitting out the second game of a back-to-back, Kiki Rice<\/a> led Toronto (10-25) with 19 points. Aneesah Morrow<\/a> had 13 points and eight rebounds as the expansion Tempo lost their 12th straight. <\/p>\n Washington began the second quarter with a 12-0 run to go ahead 37-24 as the Tempo missed their first five shots. The Mystics outscored Toronto 22-9 in the second for a 47-33 lead at the break. <\/p>\n Onyenwere made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to extend Washington’s lead to 60-42 midway through the third.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Tempo: Host Portland on Friday. <\/p>\n Mystics: Stay home to play Minnesota on Friday. <\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n