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Collier Scores 24 Points, Lynx Use Big 2nd-Half Run to Beat Valkyries 86-75
- On Sunday evening, June 1, 2025, at the Chase Center in San Francisco, the Minnesota Lynx secured an 86-75 victory over the Golden State Valkyries.
- The Lynx built their win on a strong second-half run led by Napheesa Collier returning from a knee injury after missing the previous game.
- Collier led Minnesota with a team-best 24 points, along with 11 boards and four assists, while Courtney Williams supported the effort with 20 points and five rebounds.
- Williams's 3-pointer early in the third quarter sparked a 27-5 Lynx run that created a decisive 83-61 lead with 5:43 remaining.
- Minnesota preserved its undefeated 7-0 record, remaining tied with New York atop the WNBA standings, while the Valkyries fell to 2-4 in their inaugural season.
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The Union Democrat
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UConn women in the WNBA: Collier, Stewart leading league’s last unbeaten teams entering June
If the start of the 2025 WNBA season is any indication, UConn women’s basketball fans may once again find themselves divided between a pair of former Huskies leading the two best teams in the league. After facing off in the WNBA Finals last year, Breanna Stewart’s New York Liberty and Napheesa Collier’s Minnesota Lynx entered June as the only squads still undefeated. Every other team has lost at least twice, and New York and Minnesota also lead …
Associated Press News
Collier scores 24 points, Lynx use big 2nd-half run to beat Valkyries 86-75
Napheesa Collier had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Courtney Williams added 20 points, five rebounds and five assists and the Minnesota Lynx beat the expansion Golden State Valkyries 86-75 on Sunday night.
Post Bulletin
Lynx stay unbeaten with second-half surge to down Valkyries
SAN FRANCISCO — Natisha Hiedeman scored all eight of her points in two second-half runs, Napheesa Collier returned from a night off with a game-high 24 points and the Minnesota Lynx surged past the host Golden State Valkyries 86-75 on Sunday night. Returning from a sore knee, Collier completed her third consecutive double-double with a season-high-tying 11 rebounds, and Courtney Williams added 20 points for Minnesota, which remained unbeaten thr…
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