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08/19 20:49 CDT Kiki Iriafen and Shakira Austin have double-doubles as the
Mystics beat the Tempo 93-82
Kiki Iriafen and Shakira Austin have double-doubles as the Mystics beat the
Tempo 93-82
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Kiki Iriafen had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Shakira Austin
added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and the Washington Mystics beat the
short-handed Toronto Tempo 93-82 on Wednesday night for their eighth straight
home victory.
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.
Michaela Onyenwere scored 14 points and made four 3-pointers for Washington
(21-14). Sonia Citron had 13 points and six assists. The Mystics scored 38
points in the paint, nearly missing their 12th straight game with 40-plus.
With the Tempo's top three scorers --- Marina Mabrey, Brittney Sykes and Nyara
Sabally --- sitting out the second game of a back-to-back, Kiki Rice led
Toronto (10-25) with 19 points. Aneesah Morrow had 13 points and eight rebounds
as the expansion Tempo lost their 12th straight.
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.
Onyenwere made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to extend Washington's
lead to 60-42 midway through the third.
Up next
Tempo: Host Portland on Friday.
Mystics: Stay home to play Minnesota on Friday.
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