{"id":824909,"date":"2026-08-25T03:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824909\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:54:13","slug":"zandalasini-scores-18-as-the-valkyries-beat-the-lynx-for-1st-time-in-franchise-history-80-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824909\/","title":{"rendered":"Zandalasini scores 18 as the Valkyries beat the Lynx for 1st time in franchise history, 80-66"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/valkyries\/status\/2092070636445180175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cecilia Zandalasini scored eight of her 18 points in the fourth quarter<\/a>, Gabby Williams added 15 points, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Minnesota Lynx for the first time in franchise history, 80-66 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State (26-11) entered 0-9 against Minnesota in the regular season and playoffs since joining the WNBA in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State led 63-57 early in the fourth quarter before going on a 14-1 run to make it 77-58. Zandalasini made her first 3-pointer of the game with 4:39 left and she added another on Minnesota&#8217;s next possession for a 16-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Veronica Burton had 14 points and nine assists, and Tiffany Hayes also scored 14 for Golden State. Janelle Salaun added 12 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gettyimages-2291905240.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Golden State Valkyries v Minnesota Lynx \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Olivia Miles #5 of the Minnesota Lynx drives to the basket against Kiah Stokes #41 and Gabby Williams #1 of the Golden State Valkyries in the first quarter at Target Center on August 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                David Berding \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota (31-8) was without starting guard Courtney Williams (right ankle injury) in a regular-season game for the first time since she joined the team in 2024, a streak of 122 games.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Howard led Minnesota with 13 points and Kayla McBride added 12. Napheesa Collier was held to nine points on 4-of-10 shooting. Olivia Miles moved past Ticha Penicheiro for the second-most assists by a rookie in WNBA history with 225.<\/p>\n<p>The Lynx had won 15 of their last 16 games, including a 77-66 victory over the Valkyries last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014\u00a0Cecilia Zandalasini scored eight of her 18 points in the fourth quarter, Gabby Williams added 15&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[4804,1077,99,434],"class_list":["post-824909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}