Carleton, Brown have career nights, Lynx beat Liberty 92-66
Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24, left) drives around New York Liberty guard Jocelyn Willoughby during the first half of a WNBA basketball game.[AP Photo/Chris O'Mear]
Bridget Carleton scored a career-high 25 points, Lexie Brown had a season-high 15 points and career-best seven steals, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the New York Liberty 93-66.
Amanda Zahui B. led New York (0-5) with 13 points. The Lynx (4-1) shot 51% percent from the field and hit 10 of 21 from 3-point range.
They held the Liberty without a field goal for nearly nine minutes during a 20-1 third-quarter run that turned Minnesota’s two-point halftime deficit into a 24-point lead when Carleton made a basket with 1:33 left in the period.